[Mageia-dev] What to do for software having MDV/Mandriva in name

Mon Jan 17 11:35:11 CET 2011

On 17 January 2011 10:44, Michael scherer <misc at zarb.org> wrote:
+>> As Hoyt points out, it would be more relevant to change the tag
+>> if/when/once this code base grows independantly from the original one.
+>
+> Well, we can also ( and I think we should ) aim for keeping compatibility,
+> and in fact, try to avoid forking too much. We can and should collaborate.
+>
+> Now, if some software are dropped ( or about to be ) by upstream, yes, forking
+> would be a alternative.
+
+Btw, we'll have to take a decision about perl-URPMI & urpmi
+There've been quite a lot of commits from pok.
+We've two alternatives: stick with perl-URPM & urpmi from pre-rpm5
+or sync with mdv.
+I'm not sure pok has kept compatilibity with rpm-4 and if there'has been
+any other damage.
+eg: if I remember right, pok removed my perl-URPM workaround for rpm segfaulting
+because he fixed it in rpm5...
+
+I think anssi & me (& maybe C. Fergeau if he wants to work with
+Mageia, I forgot to ask him
+last time I saw him) should be able to maintain those.
+