[Mageia-dev] cauldron state, and dependencies handling

Wed Nov 28 21:11:08 CET 2012

Florent Monnier skrev 28.11.2012 21:59:
+>
+> So it should have been:
+> - rebuild for new xmlm
+>
+>
+
+Yep.
+
+
+> I do have a question related to this issue:
+>
+> Should ocaml libs in Cauldron be maintained usable?
+>
+
+Yep.
+we want cauldron to stay in as good condition as possible,
+to catch bugs early...
+
+
+> For example if I've rebuild xmlm 3 months ago, there is nothing to
+> change in xtmpl, so currently I just wait before Mageia's release to
+> rebuild all that needs to be.
+>
+> That means that during these 3 months, xtmpls didn't worked in Cauldron.
+> Is that bad?
+>
+
+Yes, thats bad. It should be as usable as possible all the time to catch
+bugs early. and we have a BS that is capable of handling the load
+
+
+> =========
+>
+> In case that's bad, I'm wondering how I should handle this.
+> - I can just icrem the mkrel of all ocaml libs.
+> (I can write the script to do this in 5 minutes.)
+>
+
+That's normally what happends when deps are updated (for example several 
+libs has this effect)
+
+The dependent packages should be rebuilt as soon as possible to keep
+the breakage minimal. It will then be easier for other needing to
+use / rely on the packages....
+
+> - I can create a dependency graph, so when I rebuilt xmlm 3 months
+> ago, I can use the dependcy graph to know the exhaustive list of
+> dependents that also need to be rebuild.
+> (I can write the script to do this in maybe 1 evening)
+>
+
+
+--
+Thomas
+
+