[Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two

Tue Nov 30 08:50:22 CET 2010

On 10/11/30 00:29 -0500, andre999 wrote:
+> My point is that a sandbox will facilitate proper support.  Which
+> would be facilitated by keeping the 2 sets of free repositories.
+> And restricting what should be considered core.
+> We both know that Mandriva is moving in that direction.  Evidently
+> recognising that they weren't restrictive enough in the past.
+> 
+> Your focus is removing 1 of these repository sets, and thus the sandbox.
+> But I don't see your solution for giving priority to maintaining
+> core packages ?
+> These factors are undeniably linked.
+
+no they're not. the problem is the lack of maintainers.
+
+your answer: "it is in core media, so people will acknowledge it's
+important and will step in".
+
+guess what? they won't. history suggests that. the following too:
+https://maint.mandriva.com/listpkgs.php?owner=1&media=1&scount=1000
+
+you will answer that those packages should not be in main, but in extra
+since they aren't really "core" (your definition of "core"). but most of
+them are in main because of buildrequires dependencies. so what to do?
+
+and by having 2 medias, you are increasing the work of potential
+packagers. and their frustration. trust me on this - been there, done
+that.
+
+now michael's answer: "broken? no one steps in? removed from mageia."
+does it suck? yes. as a user, i prefer having lots of packages
+available, since it means that i won't have to package it myself if/when
+i need the tool. 
+
+but it has a great virtue: it passes reality check. less packages means
+less work for the small pool of maintainer. and it may force people to
+step in ('cause there's an impacting action that will happen otherwise)
+rather than handwaving. which increases the pool of maintainer.
+
+so i'm in favour of misc's proposal.
+jérôme 
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+jquelin at gmail.com
+