Op zaterdag 27 november 2010 19:23:59 schreef Thomas Backlund: > Jerome Quelin skrev 27.11.2010 19:11: > > On 10/11/27 17:59 +0100, Maarten Vanraes wrote: > >> i agree, the less repositories the easier it'll be. > >> > >> however, core is for all the "maintained" packages, extra is for the > >> unmaintained packages that build ok. > > > > what is a "maintained" package? no maintainer, no commits since x > > months, not buildable? what if we move to packages being maintained by > > foo...@packages.mageia.org aliases? > > if maintainer db says nomaintainer@ it belong in /extra/ > > > what are the rules to move a package from extra to core, and vice-versa? > > who can do it? will it be done automatically? will this imply a rebuild > > for the package? > > If a maintainer picks up maintainership of a package in /extra/ it will > be rebuilt and moved to /core/ asap. > > if a package in /core/ ends up nomaintainer@, then after a "grace > period" (1-3 months ?) it will be moved to /extra/. > and sometime before RC1 or so, any momaintainer@ package in /core/ will > get moved to /extra/ as for a release the /core/ should only contain > maintained packages.
i would actually only move during cauldron freeze period (or right before it); in both ways; so that the releases always stay the same for this kind of thing. > > what are the dependency rules? can a core package depend on an extra > > package? or with a buildrequires? > > No. > If you need to build against a package in /extra/, either pick up the > maintainership of it, or try to get someone other to maintain it. > then it can get into /core/ indeed, i would do this very strict; sometimes this might happen with some kind of really core package, and then we'll have no choice but find a maintainer for it; which is imho better. > > and, more importantly: what is the advantage? that is, what does that > > bring you, except more admin? > > QA! > and enduser satisfaction. > > Just take a look on many bugreports in MDV Bugzilla. > If the report is against a nomaintainer@ package, currently Triage > pretty much only can state "thanks for your report, but since it has > no maintainer, nothing will probably happend" wich is not good answer > for a person that have taken the time to report a bug. > > By having the /extra/ disabled by default, and a popup notifying the > user if he enables it that the packages are "unmaintained" he knows > he's "on his own" i agree > > sorry, consider me not impressed by this idea. or maybe it's just that i > > failed to see the benefits. please enlighten me. > > -- > Thomas