[Mageia-dev] Updates and 0 release

[Samuel Verschelde]

Le mardi 26 juillet 2011 18:55:31, Colin Guthrie a écrit :
> 'Twas brillig, and Anssi Hannula at 26/07/11 17:27 did gyre and gimble:
> > On 26.07.2011 19:20, Colin Guthrie wrote:
> >> 'Twas brillig, and Michael Scherer at 26/07/11 11:40 did gyre and gimble:
> >>> If the goal is to be sure that the software is still upgradable, the
> >>> whole %mkrel stuff should take care of that.
> >> 
> >> No it doesn't. That only works for one release assuming we do not use
> >> subrel with that release. Even with mkrel, we will instantly need to
> >> bump the cauldron package as soon as it's used for the first time.
> > 
> > If one does another update (i.e. adds subrel), it should mean that the
> > fixes/whatever have been done to the cauldron tree first and thus
> > cauldron has 1.0-2.mga1, while mga1 gets 1.0-1.1.mga1.
> 
> Assuming it's a fix that's relevant for Cauldron.... it could just be
> something that only applies to the previous distro or to rebuild it
> against a new lib that's just been updated (i.e. in the wrong order).
> It's maybe not too common, but it can happen.

+1  to that

> [...]
> 
> But I'm not super attached to anything, provided it's clear and the
> policy linked already by Sander is adapted to accommodate this new rule,
> I don't mind using it if it's what everyone wants (tho' I'd rather keep
> it given the choice).

+1 too

Samuel