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So that we would +</I>>>>>>>><i> expect +</I>>>>>>>><i> +</I>>>>>>><i> +</I>>>>>>><i> This is esentially stating that we cant backport any bigger version to +</I>>>>>>><i> mga2 /backports than mga3 will havein /release wich means when we hit +</I>>>>>>><i> version freeze for mga3, it also freezes mga2 /backports... +</I>>>>>>><i> +</I>>>>>><i> I'm not following this point. +</I>>>>>><i> What I mean is that if backport xx for mga1 requires yy version 12 in +</I>>>>>><i> mga1, but yy is version 13 in mga2, we would define the requires for yy +</I>>>>>><i> to accept versions 12 to 13 (or maybe wider). +</I>>>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> Point is what if you backport version 14 to mga1, and mga2 has version 13, +</I>>>>><i> then upgrade path breaks. +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> No problem. If the requirements of version 14 are present in mga2, then +</I>>>><i> the backport will (very likely) continue to work normally. If the versions +</I>>>><i> of the required packages change, they will be updated with the upgrade. +</I>>>><i> Since version 13 of mga2 is less than the version 14 of the backport, it +</I>>>><i> won't be installed. +</I>>>><i> +</I>>><i> There is no guaranty that requirements of version 14 mga1 backports are +</I>>><i> all available in mageia 2. If it is linked with libsomething.so.1, but +</I>>><i> mageia 2 only has libsomething.so.2, then there is a problem. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> That was my point. +</I>><i> I was suggesting that it be required that backport requires be compatible +</I>><i> with newer releases. +</I> +And how do you check that it is compatible, without testing ? And how do +you test that it will be compatible with a newer release that is not yet +released ? + +Maybe we can also require that backports are bugfree, so we don't have +to manage backport updates. + +><i> In your example, cauldron would probably require the libsomething.so.2, so +</I>><i> if the backport requires could be adjusted to work with libsomething.so.1, +</I>><i> we would keep the requires compatible with libsomething.so.2. If that +</I>><i> isn't possible, then it wouldn't be accepted. +</I> +We cannot link a program with both libsomething.so.1 and +libsomething.so.2. + +><i> I'm no expert of course, but it seems to me that it would be generally +</I>><i> possible as long as there weren't important code changes made to make the +</I>><i> backport work. +</I>><i> So it would largely be a question of appropriately adjusting the specified +</I>><i> requires. +</I> +A lot of requires are generated automatically, we cannot change them +(and changing them would probably be wrong). And a lot of requires are +not versionned, but implicitly require the version available in the +same mageia release, without any guaranty that it works with a different +version. + +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="016922.html">[Mageia-dev] Backports Summary +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="016935.html">[Mageia-dev] Backports Summary +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#16927">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#16927">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#16927">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#16927">[ 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> |