[Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two

Mon Nov 29 17:15:39 CET 2010

+Le lundi 29 novembre 2010 17:11:08, Olivier Thauvin a écrit :
+> * Samuel Verschelde (stormi at laposte.net) wrote:
+> > 
+> > Le lundi 29 novembre 2010 15:24:04, Samuel Verschelde a écrit :
+> > > 
+> > > Le lundi 29 novembre 2010 14:56:20, Michael Scherer a écrit :
+> > > > - complexity over time of support because package move from main to
+> > > >    contribs and viceversa. Especially when there is some backports from
+> > > >    a software in main that would requires a software in contribs, etc.
+> > > 
+> > > Indeed, this is a pain :)
+> > > 
+> > 
+> > It's a pain, but the policy saying a supported package must rely on other supported packages is not totally bad. I hope whatever the mirror structure we will enforce such a policy (with changes maybe, or exceptions).
+> 
+> IMHO, the mirror structure do not have to be designed to reflect logical
+> structure. At least until someone write a multidimensionnal filesystem
+> able to represent all link rpms can have between them.
+> 
+
+Same opinion here. This poorly written english sentence meant that, independently of the mirror structure, I hope such a policy will be adopted.
+
+Regards
+
+Samuel
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