[Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two

Sat Nov 27 18:28:02 CET 2010

Op zaterdag 27 november 2010 18:11:36 schreef Jerome Quelin:
+> On 10/11/27 17:59 +0100, Maarten Vanraes wrote:
+> > i agree, the less repositories the easier it'll be.
+> > 
+> > however, core is for all the "maintained" packages, extra is for the
+> > unmaintained packages that build ok.
+> 
+> what is a "maintained" package? no maintainer, no commits since x
+> months, not buildable? what if we move to packages being maintained by
+> foopkg at packages.mageia.org aliases?
+> 
+> what are the rules to move a package from extra to core, and vice-versa?
+> who can do it? will it be done automatically? will this imply a rebuild
+> for the package?
+> 
+> what are the dependency rules? can a core package depend on an extra
+> package? or with a buildrequires?
+> 
+> and, more importantly: what is the advantage? that is, what does that
+> bring you, except more admin?
+> 
+> 
+> sorry, consider me not impressed by this idea. or maybe it's just that i
+> failed to see the benefits. please enlighten me.
+> 
+> jérôme
+
+
+you pose good questions.
+
+a maintained package is a package that has (at least one) maintainer. i would 
+propose making the maintainer structure more efficient and not like mandriva; if 
+someone stops being a maintainer, he (or someone else) should drop his 
+package(s).
+
+some packages don't require much maintenance.
+
+I would say that extra is not essential for mirrors to have; so if it's a 
+package that is essential, it's better to find someone who can maintain it. if 
+not; we should drop it into extra (i would say, before cauldron freeze time) 
+and all packages it depends on. IMHO.
+
+the advantage could be that mirrors don't need to mirror those packages. 
+(extra will be like the unmaintained contrib from mdv) i foresee too that at 
+least in the beginning, this 'll be bigger than core.
+
+which brings us to another advantage: the hdlists; those are huge enough as it 
+is. and extra will very likely not be changed much.
+
+these are my thoughts.
+
+(PS: since imo only core is required, no core package can have any dependency 
+on any other repository)
+