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There already are, don't let them too much space and rather +</I>>><i> >> > invite their packagers to backport *inside* (as long as they stay +</I>>><i> >> > within the policy of course). +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> [snip] +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> >> If needed, the tremendous amount of packages in Blogdrake's 3rd party +</I>>><i> >> media shows how much backports are needed by users, whatever we as +</I>>><i> >> packagers can think of it. +</I>>><i> >> +</I>>><i> >> I'm still convinced that opening backports right now, using one of my 2 +</I>>><i> >> proposals (if I haven't overlooked a technical difficulty), would be an +</I>>><i> >> important step forward for us. +</I>>><i> >> +</I>>><i> >> Best regards +</I>>><i> >> +</I>>><i> >> Samuel +</I>>><i> > +</I>>><i> > I have to agree, if opening backports brings in more packagers who are +</I>>><i> > likely to integrate well AND bring in more users AND likely would step +</I>>><i> > up and maintain similar packages, we should help their effort and not +</I>>><i> > get our community too splintered, even though updates _is_ more +</I>>><i> > important than backports. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Potentially silly idea: +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Would it be worth having backports-supported and backports-unsupported, +</I>>><i> or backports and backports-untested, or backports and backports-3rd-party? +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> You could occasionally move things in either direction between +</I>>><i> supported and unsupported. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> You already have them: backports and backports_testing. backports is +</I>><i> supported, backports_testing isn't (equivalent to your backports-untested). +</I>><i> However, packages sent to backports_testing must respect the backports policy, +</I>><i> which is a difference with 3rd party media where we don't know what policy is +</I>><i> applied. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Best regards +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Samuel Verschelde +</I> +That makes sense. + +I imagine that it would be fairly easy to get stuff into +Tainted Backports Testing. + + +</PRE> + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="008563.html">[Mageia-dev] Opening backports (was Re: [Mageia-sysadm] Using SQL database for youri) +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="008557.html">[Mageia-dev] Disabling hybernation +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#8572">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#8572">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#8572">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#8572">[ 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> |