Re: [Cooker] WHy no contribs in current distro ?

[Nalindra Samaradiwakara (Trainee from UOM until april 2001)]

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nalindra

On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Hoyt wrote:

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> - Original Message - 
> From: "Warly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 8:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [Cooker] WHy no contribs in current distro ?
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> > Guillaume Rousse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > 
> > > Why are contribs kept in cooker only on the ftp mirrors ? As thoses
> > > packages are binary incompatibles with current distro, you have to grab
> > > the src rpm first, and then rebuild it, before being able to use it. Why
> > > not keep a frozen contrib dir in current distro ?
> > 
> > Yes you are right and from now contrib should be versionned too, it was mainly
> > a space problem before, but we can afford more now.
> > 
> 
> All that swag from the Macmillan deal, no doubt. 8)
> 
> Hoyt
> 
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> 

Re: [Cooker] WHy no contribs in current distro ?

[Hoyt]

- Original Message - 
From: "Warly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Cooker] WHy no contribs in current distro ?


> Guillaume Rousse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> > Why are contribs kept in cooker only on the ftp mirrors ? As thoses
> > packages are binary incompatibles with current distro, you have to grab
> > the src rpm first, and then rebuild it, before being able to use it. Why
> > not keep a frozen contrib dir in current distro ?
> 
> Yes you are right and from now contrib should be versionned too, it was mainly
> a space problem before, but we can afford more now.
> 

All that swag from the Macmillan deal, no doubt. 8)

Hoyt

Re: [Cooker] WHy no contribs in current distro ?

[Warly]

Guillaume Rousse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Why are contribs kept in cooker only on the ftp mirrors ? As thoses
> packages are binary incompatibles with current distro, you have to grab
> the src rpm first, and then rebuild it, before being able to use it. Why
> not keep a frozen contrib dir in current distro ?

Yes you are right and from now contrib should be versionned too, it was mainly
a space problem before, but we can afford more now.

-- 
Warly

[Cooker] WHy no contribs in current distro ?

[Guillaume Rousse]

Why are contribs kept in cooker only on the ftp mirrors ? As thoses
packages are binary incompatibles with current distro, you have to grab
the src rpm first, and then rebuild it, before being able to use it. Why
not keep a frozen contrib dir in current distro ?

-- 
Guillaume Rousse

Murphy's law : If anything can go wrong, it will.
O'Tool's commentary : Murphy was an optimist.