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| author | Nicolas Vigier <boklm@mageia.org> | 2013-04-14 13:46:12 +0000 |
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no maintainer, no commits since x +</I>><i> > months, not buildable? what if we move to packages being maintained by +</I>><i> > <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">foopkg at packages.mageia.org</A> aliases? +</I>><i> +</I>><i> if maintainer db says nomaintainer@ it belong in /extra/ +</I>><i> +</I>><i> > what are the rules to move a package from extra to core, and vice-versa? +</I>><i> > who can do it? will it be done automatically? will this imply a rebuild +</I>><i> > for the package? +</I>><i> +</I>><i> If a maintainer picks up maintainership of a package in /extra/ it will +</I>><i> be rebuilt and moved to /core/ asap. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> if a package in /core/ ends up nomaintainer@, then after a "grace +</I>><i> period" (1-3 months ?) it will be moved to /extra/. +</I>><i> and sometime before RC1 or so, any momaintainer@ package in /core/ will +</I>><i> get moved to /extra/ as for a release the /core/ should only contain +</I>><i> maintained packages. +</I> +i would actually only move during cauldron freeze period (or right before it); +in both ways; so that the releases always stay the same for this kind of +thing. + + +><i> > what are the dependency rules? can a core package depend on an extra +</I>><i> > package? or with a buildrequires? +</I>><i> +</I>><i> No. +</I>><i> If you need to build against a package in /extra/, either pick up the +</I>><i> maintainership of it, or try to get someone other to maintain it. +</I>><i> then it can get into /core/ +</I> +indeed, i would do this very strict; sometimes this might happen with some +kind of really core package, and then we'll have no choice but find a +maintainer for it; which is imho better. + +><i> > and, more importantly: what is the advantage? that is, what does that +</I>><i> > bring you, except more admin? +</I>><i> +</I>><i> QA! +</I>><i> and enduser satisfaction. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Just take a look on many bugreports in MDV Bugzilla. +</I>><i> If the report is against a nomaintainer@ package, currently Triage +</I>><i> pretty much only can state "thanks for your report, but since it has +</I>><i> no maintainer, nothing will probably happend" wich is not good answer +</I>><i> for a person that have taken the time to report a bug. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> By having the /extra/ disabled by default, and a popup notifying the +</I>><i> user if he enables it that the packages are "unmaintained" he knows +</I>><i> he's "on his own" +</I> +i agree + +><i> > sorry, consider me not impressed by this idea. or maybe it's just that i +</I>><i> > failed to see the benefits. please enlighten me. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> -- +</I>><i> Thomas +</I></PRE> + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="001468.html">[Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="001470.html">[Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#1469">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#1469">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#1469">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#1469">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |