[Mageia-dev] updating torque?

[Thomas Backlund]

EatDirt skrev 23.8.2012 19:14:
> Hi,
> torque package is not maintained by anyone. The version we have on
> mageia is 2.5.3 which is *very* old. Torque comes in various branches,
> the version 2 is now at 2.5.12 wheras the last version is 4.1.0
>
>
> The spec file is an old monster from mandriva that would need cleaning.
> Some scripts have been extracted from the very old source files, and
> then edited by hand, moved to SOURCES/ and are still in use to overwrite
> the new ones coming with the new version. If by chance this is still
> working, it won't at some point :)
>
> I am actually using torque at work (but from centos...), so I can give
> it a try; unless someone has a peculiar interest in doing it instead.
>
> My plan is:
>
> 1) Upgrade 2.5.3 -> 2.5.12 + drop old scripts + clean specfile
>
> 2) Import torque 4.1.0 and create torque2 branch
>
> 3) Eventually drop torque2 branch at some point
>
>
> Please let me know if you disagree or have any comments! Any suggestions
> welcome.
>

the obvious question....

Do we really need 2 branches of torque ?

Why not simply say bye-bye to 2.* series ?

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Thomas