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| author | Nicolas Vigier <boklm@mageia.org> | 2013-04-14 13:46:12 +0000 |
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| committer | Nicolas Vigier <boklm@mageia.org> | 2013-04-14 13:46:12 +0000 |
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diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/20101130/001537.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/20101130/001537.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..32008d580 --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/20101130/001537.html @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML> + <HEAD> + <TITLE> [Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two + </TITLE> + <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > + <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20Mirror%20layout%2C%20round%20two&In-Reply-To=%3C20101130075022.GB8311%40mongueurs.net%3E"> + <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow"> + <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="001536.html"> + <LINK REL="Next" HREF="001538.html"> + </HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + <H1>[Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two</H1> + <B>Jerome Quelin</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20Mirror%20layout%2C%20round%20two&In-Reply-To=%3C20101130075022.GB8311%40mongueurs.net%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two">jquelin at gmail.com + </A><BR> + <I>Tue Nov 30 08:50:22 CET 2010</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="001536.html">[Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="001538.html">[Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#1537">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#1537">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#1537">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#1537">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>On 10/11/30 00:29 -0500, andre999 wrote: +><i> My point is that a sandbox will facilitate proper support. Which +</I>><i> would be facilitated by keeping the 2 sets of free repositories. +</I>><i> And restricting what should be considered core. +</I>><i> We both know that Mandriva is moving in that direction. Evidently +</I>><i> recognising that they weren't restrictive enough in the past. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Your focus is removing 1 of these repository sets, and thus the sandbox. +</I>><i> But I don't see your solution for giving priority to maintaining +</I>><i> core packages ? +</I>><i> These factors are undeniably linked. +</I> +no they're not. the problem is the lack of maintainers. + +your answer: "it is in core media, so people will acknowledge it's +important and will step in". + +guess what? they won't. history suggests that. the following too: +<A HREF="https://maint.mandriva.com/listpkgs.php?owner=1&media=1&scount=1000">https://maint.mandriva.com/listpkgs.php?owner=1&media=1&scount=1000</A> + +you will answer that those packages should not be in main, but in extra +since they aren't really "core" (your definition of "core"). but most of +them are in main because of buildrequires dependencies. so what to do? + +and by having 2 medias, you are increasing the work of potential +packagers. and their frustration. trust me on this - been there, done +that. + +now michael's answer: "broken? no one steps in? removed from mageia." +does it suck? yes. as a user, i prefer having lots of packages +available, since it means that i won't have to package it myself if/when +i need the tool. + +but it has a great virtue: it passes reality check. less packages means +less work for the small pool of maintainer. and it may force people to +step in ('cause there's an impacting action that will happen otherwise) +rather than handwaving. which increases the pool of maintainer. + +so i'm in favour of misc's proposal. +jérôme +-- +<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">jquelin at gmail.com</A> +</PRE> + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="001536.html">[Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="001538.html">[Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#1537">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#1537">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#1537">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#1537">[ 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> |