[Mageia-dev] Updates and 0 release

Tue Jul 26 19:26:08 CEST 2011

Le mardi 26 juillet 2011 18:55:31, Colin Guthrie a écrit :
+> 'Twas brillig, and Anssi Hannula at 26/07/11 17:27 did gyre and gimble:
+> > On 26.07.2011 19:20, Colin Guthrie wrote:
+> >> 'Twas brillig, and Michael Scherer at 26/07/11 11:40 did gyre and gimble:
+> >>> If the goal is to be sure that the software is still upgradable, the
+> >>> whole %mkrel stuff should take care of that.
+> >> 
+> >> No it doesn't. That only works for one release assuming we do not use
+> >> subrel with that release. Even with mkrel, we will instantly need to
+> >> bump the cauldron package as soon as it's used for the first time.
+> > 
+> > If one does another update (i.e. adds subrel), it should mean that the
+> > fixes/whatever have been done to the cauldron tree first and thus
+> > cauldron has 1.0-2.mga1, while mga1 gets 1.0-1.1.mga1.
+> 
+> Assuming it's a fix that's relevant for Cauldron.... it could just be
+> something that only applies to the previous distro or to rebuild it
+> against a new lib that's just been updated (i.e. in the wrong order).
+> It's maybe not too common, but it can happen.
+
++1  to that
+
+> [...]
+> 
+> But I'm not super attached to anything, provided it's clear and the
+> policy linked already by Sander is adapted to accommodate this new rule,
+> I don't mind using it if it's what everyone wants (tho' I'd rather keep
+> it given the choice).
+
++1 too
+
+Samuel
+