On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Ben Reser wrote: > WHEREAS, Mandrake PPC Cooker, towards the end of the development cycle > falls out of sync with Cooker x86. As a result the SRPMS for it start > disappearing, unless they are identical to the released version.
It's normal Cooker x86 remains with new stuff, as 8.2 x86 is released. 8.2 ppc is based on... 8.2 packages, not cooker. > WHEREAS, In the process of making custom changes just for PPC that do > not get rolled into x86 Mandrake may make patches to the source of > various GPL programs. Patches made up in the port process should be merged in Cooker, when the stable port branch is released. > THEREFOR, I propose that the following directory tree be made on the > Mandrake mirrors: > > a) Mandrake-devel/cooker/SRPMS/ppc, would contain the SRPMS for > cooker-ppc that differ from the current ones in X86, plus ones for > packages that are point releases (as defined above). > > b) Mandrake/current/SRPMS/ppc, contains SRPMS for the current release of > Mandrake PPC that differ from the SRPMS for the x86 version of the same > release. > > This would minimize duplication on the mirrors but would make valuable > SRPMS available. I believe this is already the case. [gb@no gcc]$ cat /mnt/BIG/dis/vitamin/ia64/Mandrake/SRPMS/0INDEX Mandrake Linux/Itanium 8.1 Sources ================================== Mandrake and its logo are trademarks of MandrakeSoft S.A. Red Hat, RPM and glint are trademarks of Red Hat Software, Inc. Other trademarks are copyrighted by their respective owners. ============================================================================ Contents of this directory -------------------------- This directory contains the source RPMs for Mandrake Linux/Itanium 8.1 that differs from the common set available for Mandrake Linux/Ix86 8.1. Package Name Version-Release DrakX 8.1-2mdk [...] Bye, Gwenole.
