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

Fri Jun 10 12:35:02 CEST 2011

'Twas brillig, and Michael Scherer at 10/06/11 11:29 did gyre and gimble:
+> Le vendredi 10 juin 2011 à 09:56 +0100, Colin Guthrie a écrit :
+>> 'Twas brillig, and Ahmad Samir at 09/06/11 17:42 did gyre and gimble:
+> 
+>>> But if new package can go directly to updates.. that doesn't look
+>>> right to me, because at which point will "new" packages stop going to
+>>> a stable release */updates? if it goes on and on, then we're talking
+>>> about a semi-cauldron-like repo.
+>>
+>> So just svn cp it to the /1/updates tree in svn and job's a good 'un.
+>> (well svn cp is no longer just one step due to source separation, but
+>> the principle is the same!).
+> 
+> The bin repository is a different svn, so it will not work.
+
+Isn't that what I said? (I referred to the binary sources as just
+"source"). I maintain the principle is still the same albeit we need to
+do a bit more tweaking/scripting, or am I missing something?
+
+Col
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