[Mageia-dev] Backports policy clarification (and discussion)

Samuel Verschelde stormi at laposte.net
Fri Jun 8 16:22:41 CEST 2012


Le vendredi 8 juin 2012 16:11:07, andre999 a écrit :
> Sander Lepik a écrit :
> > 08.06.2012 11:38, Samuel Verschelde kirjutas:
> >> I re-read the backports policy, and there's a part I think needs to be
> >> pointed out before people start to backport packages.
> >> 
> >> "We need to ensure that upgrades never fail: cauldron must always have a
> >> higher version/release than in stable releases."
> >> 
> >> This statement is true, but implies more than what it says. It means
> >> that we can't backport a package for Mageia 1 with a higher version
> >> than what we have in Mageia 2 release (and updates?) media. And this,
> >> until we are able to take backports into account during upgrades.
> >> 
> >> Example :
> >> - Mageia 2 has wesnoth 1.10.2 in core/release
> >> - Mageia 1 can't get a higher version in its backports media
> >> 
> >> Do you all agree with my understanding of the policy ?
> 
> I see your point.
> In most cases, a backport for mga1 would be essentially identical for
> mga2 (except package file name and corresponding changes in the spec file).
> It would only differ if dependancies differ, which I suspect is unlikely
> for wesnoth or most other games, for example.
> So this means that for a backport to mga1, we should first do one to mga2.
> This would more than likely be done at the same time by the same
> packager, so not much more work.
> The demand for backports to mga1 is not likely to be very high, and
> would depend on a willing packager.

I think you missed my point. If Mageia 1 "backports" has higher versions than 
Mageia 2 "release" (not backports), upgrade can fail because currently our 
tools do not take backports from the target release (mageia 2) into account 
when upgrading a distro.

Samuel


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