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<H1>[Mageia-dev] backports</H1>
<B>Maarten Vanraes</B>
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<I>Mon Jul 25 23:38:32 CEST 2011</I>
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<PRE>Op maandag 25 juli 2011 22:18:59 schreef Samuel Verschelde:
><i> Le lundi 25 juillet 2011 21:47:24, Maarten Vanraes a écrit :
</I>><i> > Hi,
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > with regards to backports, users are complaining (they always do) that
</I>><i> > backports are taking too long.
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > on the one hand almost everyone seems to agree that backports should be
</I>><i> > "supported" in some way or another... however, noone seems to want to
</I>><i> > actuallty put in the time to finalize that. (or at least that's how I see
</I>><i> > it)
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > Since afair there is no real consensus, i suggest one of the following
</I>><i> > options, or possibly make this a vote, or have packaging team leaders (or
</I>><i> > board) decide this:
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > A. backports are maintainers responsibility
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > Every backport is tested or untested by maintainers discretion, (s)he
</I>><i> > decides how much testing it needs. We could still make a policy that
</I>><i> > there should be some tests.
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > B. well established support like updates
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > Similar QA like updates.
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > then there is the matter of submission:
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > A. We submit all backports from cauldron
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > B. like updates, there's a separate section for backports
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > C. backport submission is only allowed from the separate section, not
</I>><i> > from cauldron, if you want to backports from cauldron, you need to make
</I>><i> > the necessary steps yourself.
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > personally, i favor B & C; such as i think most of the people wanted; but
</I>><i> > if wanted, i can settle for A & B.
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > If someone from -sysadmin can find the time to make the SVN repos for
</I>><i> > backports (and testing), that would be awesome, so we can actually do
</I>><i> > some testing for it and get this show on the road.
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > Maarten (aka AL13N)
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > PS: i specifically left out updates to backports, as i personally feel
</I>><i> > that it's a backport, it just gets a newer release or version.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> 1B and 2C for me, but I'm summarizing a more detailed proposal from the
</I>><i> previous discussion + discussion with misc on IRC, which I hope we will
</I>><i> adopt.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Samuel
</I>
Excellent, thanks
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