[Mageia-dev] cauldron state, and dependencies handling

Wed Nov 28 21:29:51 CET 2012

>> 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)
+
+
+No, I mean there are 2 possible ways to do what you want me to do.
+
+1) I could just send ALL the ocaml libs, when only some needs to be sent.
+2) I could also only send those that need to
+
+1) is not hard to do
+2) is more difficult
+