[Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two

[Samuel Verschelde]

Le lundi 29 novembre 2010 17:11:08, Olivier Thauvin a écrit :
> * Samuel Verschelde (stormi at laposte.net) wrote:
> > 
> > Le lundi 29 novembre 2010 15:24:04, Samuel Verschelde a écrit :
> > > 
> > > Le lundi 29 novembre 2010 14:56:20, Michael Scherer a écrit :
> > > > - complexity over time of support because package move from main to
> > > >    contribs and viceversa. Especially when there is some backports from
> > > >    a software in main that would requires a software in contribs, etc.
> > > 
> > > Indeed, this is a pain :)
> > > 
> > 
> > It's a pain, but the policy saying a supported package must rely on other supported packages is not totally bad. I hope whatever the mirror structure we will enforce such a policy (with changes maybe, or exceptions).
> 
> IMHO, the mirror structure do not have to be designed to reflect logical
> structure. At least until someone write a multidimensionnal filesystem
> able to represent all link rpms can have between them.
> 

Same opinion here. This poorly written english sentence meant that, independently of the mirror structure, I hope such a policy will be adopted.

Regards

Samuel