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I plan on start dropping what's +redundant once rpm 5.3.7 hits main/release in cooker). I plan on +reviewing all of it and merge/replace what's appropriate in a generic +way upstream, eventually phasing out these and other packages that +carries local macros, helper scripts etc. required for building rpm +packages in the distribution. +The goal of doing so is to try standardize functionality, practices, +policies etc. used for building packages upstream and clean up our +packaging to make it easier and less messy to maintain (ie. one +example is disttag & distepoch replacing our own %mkrel, and also +moved out of the individual spec files).. + +I don't know much about your plans are for what direction to choose +for rpm (my bias is rather obvious, but refactorization & maintenance +is rathed rather high on my priority list, making me tout rpm5;), but +I don't mind try adapting if going in a different direction or putting +any decission on hold; if you're interested in sharing maintenance +efforts rather than forking these things completely and maintain on +your own, it's not very painful for me to make changes conditional +rather than dropping what's no longer in use.. +For any new features implemented and adopted, you'll have to +cherry-pick and port yourself to stay compatible, I'm too comfortable +with not having to relate to two different APIs and codebases anymore +now (if interested, I could help assist you on writing something +equivalent for compatibility wrapping similar to what I did in the +past with rpm4compat.h & rpm46compat.h to make ie. URPM able to use +rpm 4.4 & 4.6 api with rpm5, let's say rpm5compat.h or something). + +Whatever you end up doing, don't be afraid of asking or trying to +communicate on, the mutual benefits of collaboration are rather +obvious. <;o) +If not, sorry for imposing. + +-- +Regards, +Per Øyviind +</PRE> + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="002023.html">[Mageia-dev] packages importing: what replaces rpm-mandriva-setup-build +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="002025.html">[Mageia-dev] Importing Perl policy +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#2024">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#2024">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#2024">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#2024">[ 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> |