[Mageia-dev] Backports policy clarification (and discussion)

Fri Jun 8 16:22:41 CEST 2012

Le vendredi 8 juin 2012 16:11:07, andre999 a écrit :
+> Sander Lepik a écrit :
+> > 08.06.2012 11:38, Samuel Verschelde kirjutas:
+> >> I re-read the backports policy, and there's a part I think needs to be
+> >> pointed out before people start to backport packages.
+> >> 
+> >> "We need to ensure that upgrades never fail: cauldron must always have a
+> >> higher version/release than in stable releases."
+> >> 
+> >> This statement is true, but implies more than what it says. It means
+> >> that we can't backport a package for Mageia 1 with a higher version
+> >> than what we have in Mageia 2 release (and updates?) media. And this,
+> >> until we are able to take backports into account during upgrades.
+> >> 
+> >> Example :
+> >> - Mageia 2 has wesnoth 1.10.2 in core/release
+> >> - Mageia 1 can't get a higher version in its backports media
+> >> 
+> >> Do you all agree with my understanding of the policy ?
+> 
+> I see your point.
+> In most cases, a backport for mga1 would be essentially identical for
+> mga2 (except package file name and corresponding changes in the spec file).
+> It would only differ if dependancies differ, which I suspect is unlikely
+> for wesnoth or most other games, for example.
+> So this means that for a backport to mga1, we should first do one to mga2.
+> This would more than likely be done at the same time by the same
+> packager, so not much more work.
+> The demand for backports to mga1 is not likely to be very high, and
+> would depend on a willing packager.
+
+I think you missed my point. If Mageia 1 "backports" has higher versions than 
+Mageia 2 "release" (not backports), upgrade can fail because currently our 
+tools do not take backports from the target release (mageia 2) into account 
+when upgrading a distro.
+
+Samuel
+