[Mageia-dev] Missing packages in Mageia 1. How to backport?

Thu Jun 9 14:13:29 CEST 2011

On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 11:54 AM, Colin Guthrie <mageia at colin.guthr.ie> wrote:
+> 'Twas brillig, and Christiaan Welvaart at 09/06/11 10:40 did gyre and
+> gimble:
+>> On Thu, 9 Jun 2011, Maarten Vanraes wrote:
+>>
+>>> otoh, perhaps a missing package is also a bugfix... maybe we could
+>>> file bug
+>>> reports for missing packages and go through the updates route...
+>>
+>> Filing bug reports is not a bad idea, even if the new package will go to
+>> backports. Just explain a little why it is important (to fix this in a
+>> stable release).
+>>
+>> We probably need a new "version" in bugzilla because mga1+backports is
+>> basically a new distro. A bug in backports shouldn't be filed against
+>> "1" IMHO.
+>
+> As I said in my original mail I really don't think backports is the
+> right approach.
+>
+> I'd prefer to have a 3rd party repo than abuse backports to get the
+> missing packages.
+>
+> I think updates would be the right place.
+
+Please no 3rd repo :)
+But i agree with you for updates for "new" packages ( no "new" versions ;) )
+