[Mageia-dev] bug 2317 revisited: --update option should behave like --search-media

Fri Jun 22 12:37:24 CEST 2012

AL13N skrev 21.6.2012 21:09:
+> Op donderdag 21 juni 2012 19:01:51 schreef Claire Robinson:
+>>> since QA is waiting for a fix for this for a long time (pre-mga1), we
+>>> should get this fixed asap.
+>>>
+>>> PS: since we're enabling backports, we should make sure that the update
+>>> validation process would have one of both required tests for validation
+>>> with backports enabled and the other disabled.
+> [...]
+>> It is doubled now because we have two releases and most updates include
+>> both. It will be effectively quadrupled with this plan and that would be
+>> unsustainable. We just don't have the manpower or enough hours in a day,
+>> we are struggling to cope as it is.
+> [...]
+>
+> actually, it doesn't need to be.
+>
+> you already test twice before validating updates, right?
+>
+> so, there's 2 options:
+>
+> - testing i586 with backports enabled
+> - testing x86_64 without backports enabled
+>
+> this is still 2 tests, and this is sufficient.
+>
+
+NO.
+
+First of all, _anything_ heading for updates that is not noarch needs
+to be validated on both arches.
+
+Secondly, when QA validate stuff for /updates, they dont need
+to test _anything_ against backports as /updates is _only_ used to
+fix stuff in /release & /updates.
+
+If something in backports breaks as a result of something going to
+/updates, that's a separate bug against backported package and will
+be handled after.
+
+Remember that /updates is priority 1, and /backports is handled
+as QA time permits at lower priority.
+
+--
+Thomas
+