[Mageia-dev] E17 packaging

Fri Oct 28 13:07:43 CEST 2011

Le jeudi 27 octobre 2011 à 17:21 +0200, Florian Hubold a écrit :
+> Am 27.10.2011 17:10, schrieb Michael Scherer:
+> > Le mercredi 26 octobre 2011 à 23:12 +0200, Florian Hubold a écrit :
+> >> Am 26.10.2011 22:06, schrieb Michael Scherer:
+> >
+> > 3) We could ship the stable part ( ie, those with a tarball like eina,
+> > etc ) and provide a script to compile/install the missing part from
+> > svn, since this would also free use from support/stability requirement,
+> > and as a bonus, let anybody keep the newest version ( because again, I
+> > doubt that e17 developpers are interested into getting old bug reports,
+> > given past and current interactions ). Of course, we should warn people
+> > upon installation that they are on their own, that their e17 will be
+> > updated often ( for the same reason about developpers )
+> > . And of course, this assume that no updated tarball are needed for the
+> > stable part.
+> FWIW, not all of the tarballs are releases, there are also development snapshots.
+
+By tarballs, I mean "supported tarball with proper version", not "svn
+snapshot placed in tarball", sorry f that was not clear.
+
+> So basically we have the choice of stable, but incomplete and outdated E17,
+> E17 only for cauldron users with added complexity for the distro, and no E17 at 
+> all?
+
+Unless someone propose another idea, yes, we are limited to those that
+are already proposed.
+
+Or unless someone explain how we will in the same time follow our update
+policy regarding version update, and keep e17 updated to the last
+snapshot by not following it.  
+
+> > There is several way, and that's just the ones I can think in 5 minutes.
+> >
+> > But e17 is a package that we always drop sooner or later, and once in a
+> > while, discovered again, and then dropped again.
+> Nice to hear (after it was imported).
+
+By dropped, I mean "packager stop updating it". See the changelog at
+Mandriva. 
+
+-- 
+Michael Scherer
+
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