[Mageia-dev] [changelog] [RPM] cauldron core/release gnome-shell-3.6.0-3.mga3

[D.Morgan]

On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Colin Guthrie <mageia at colin.guthr.ie> wrote:
> 'Twas brillig, and Olav Vitters at 11/10/12 10:21 did gyre and gimble:
>> On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 11:47:01AM +0300, Thomas Backlund wrote:
>>> 11.10.2012 11:14, Olav Vitters skrev:
>>>> On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 05:08:51PM +0200, ennael wrote:
>>>>>   + dmorgan <dmorgan>
>>>>>     - Make gnome-shell to require libmutter-gir3.0 ( mga #7710 )
>>>>
>>>> This is wrong.
>>>>
>>>> $ rpm -q lib64mutter-gir3.0  --provides
>>>> lib64mutter-gir3.0 = 3.6.0-1.mga3
>>>> lib64mutter-gir3.0(x86-64) = 3.6.0-1.mga3
>>>> typelib(Meta) = 3.0
>>>>
>>>> $ rpm -q gnome-shell --requires | grep Meta
>>>> typelib(Meta)
>>>> typelib(Meta) = 3.0
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I don't see why an explicit libmutter-gir3.0 would be needed.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Because of:
>>> $ urpmq --provides -p "typelib(Meta)"
>>> muffin: muffin[== 1:1.1.1-1.mga3]
>>> muffin: muffin(x86-64)[== 1:1.1.1-1.mga3]
>>> muffin: default.so()(64bit)
>>> muffin: typelib(Meta)[== 3.0]
>>>      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>>
>>> lib64mutter-gir3.0: lib64mutter-gir3.0[== 3.6.0-1.mga3]
>>> lib64mutter-gir3.0: lib64mutter-gir3.0(x86-64)[== 3.6.0-1.mga3]
>>> lib64mutter-gir3.0: typelib(Meta)[== 3.0]
>>>                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>>
>>> but gnome-shell does not work with muffin, it needs lib64mutter-gir3.0
>>
>> So if Muffin is breaking this automatic dependency tracking, then IMO
>> the bug is in Muffin. It (upstream/ package) should properly rename
>> things as not to cause bugs in GNOME packages. Even if upstream doesn't
>> do that, a muffin package should not provide something which conflicts
>> with mutter. That automatic provides should be removed in Muffin IMO.
>>
>> The import of Cinnamon caused a very big QA issue in GNOME. I don't like
>> that. Cinnamon came after GNOME, so the extra work to support Cinnamon
>> should be limited to Cinnamon packages, not GNOME ones.
>
> +1
>
> Col

cinnamon isn't in mageia  and muffin isn't required by anything. Maybe
we can remove it from mageia.

WDYT ?