[Mageia-dev] RPM features/issues/wishlist

Fri Oct 14 17:25:01 CEST 2011

2011/10/14 nicolas vigier <boklm at mars-attacks.org>:
+> On Fri, 14 Oct 2011, Per Øyvind Karlsen wrote:
+>
+>> 2011/10/14 nicolas vigier <boklm at mars-attacks.org>:
+>> > On Fri, 14 Oct 2011, Per Øyvind Karlsen wrote:
+>> >
+>> >> I've started to ramble on some of the features, issues, ideas etc. to
+>> >> work on and consider
+>> >> for our (Mandriva Linux) next development cycle, and in the interest
+>> >> of sharing work and
+>> >> coordinating efforts with others, while inviting others to contribute:
+>> >> http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Development/Tasks/Packaging/Tools/RPM/TODO
+>> >>
+>> >> While it's certainly written from a vendor POV (and also rather crude
+>> >> for the moment), I'm cross-posting
+>> >> this one as it's of potential interest to others as well and the idea
+>> >> is for things to be as generic as
+>> >> possible anyhows.. :)
+>> >
+>> > Just in case you don't know, Mageia is using rpm.org, not rpm5. So
+>> > discussing rpm5 features is offtopic on mageia-dev. If you want to
+>> > discuss rpm.org features, then the correct list is probably
+>> > rpm-maint at lists.rpm.org, not mageia-dev.
+>> I don't really give a damn about which rpm version or not, I'm asking
+>> for R&D purposes
+>> and with the idea of it being of interest and use to others.
+>
+> Then again, why don't you discuss this on rpm-maint at lists.rpm.org ?
+Because I had more interest in the users of rpm on distros (initially) based on
+Mandriva Linux, keep in mind that that the 'rpm' package alone doesn't make
+up nearly all of it's distro integration (think of in terms of
+policies, additional
+helper scripts, policies, tools, dependency solver etc.)..
+
+Reason for posting to rpm5.org and not rpm.org is simply because I'm actively
+involved in that project and it's where I will do most of my
+development directly.
+
+For any new features and ideas (be it from this or in general), it's
+usually trivial
+to port it across different rpm versions, regardless of originally
+being implemented
+in rpm 4.9/5.3/4.4/3.14159/x.y.z, and I'd be happy to assist with it
+in one direction
+or the other. :)
+
+I do believe you guys have an interest in R&D, with ideas and features requests
+as well? :)
+
+--
+Regards,
+Per Øyvind
+