[Mageia-dev] sync with mandriva

Sun Nov 7 10:41:00 CET 2010

> as in mandriva list it seems that live will be again.  I was wondering for
+> those we contrib in both distros.  I mean for example me: i maintan squid
+> and snort (for example).  I wonder if there is a way so i may affect
+> package once and build in both distros (because these packages for example
+> wont change, i mean patches and compiled options will be the same).
+Let's see my point ov view, once mandrake started as a fork of RH (i seem
+to recall so, at least) and i remember well that an upgrade from some old
+RHs was possible. So yes at least at the very first time i'd expect a good
+compatibility between both spec files. Macros should be compatible as well.
+I'd expect also a tool like the old rpmbuildupdate that imports new
+packages from mandriva svn, even if that is not really needed because 
+of the mdvsys (or how's going to be called) import command.
+After that though if Mageia follows her way, they could become 
+incompatible, so i'd expect more work for those maintainers that
+help in both.
+
+Well i heard somewhere that an agreement has been reached between Ubuntu and 
+Debian to get some fixings synchronized... Who knows?
+
+> Hope we can work together
+It depends on what you think together means :) imho together means
+that there should be no war but Mageia should be a distro itself and not
+only a package rebuild distro (maybe with some new ones) like centos is,
+otherwise it makes sense only if Mandriva does not provide a free iso.
+
+That's my opinion of course not the Mageia one.
+
+Cheers,
+
+-- 
+	Angelo
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