Re: [Rpm-maint] RPM 4.9.0 alpha available

2010-12-21 Thread Phil Knirsch
On 12/20/2010 06:07 PM, Michael Schroeder wrote: On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 07:13:38PM +0100, Michael Schroeder wrote: On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 11:44:53AM +0100, Michael Schroeder wrote: - tilde support in version comparison - triggers on provides instead of package names - weak dependencies (basic

Re: [Rpm-maint] RPM 4.9.0 alpha available

2010-12-20 Thread Michael Schroeder
On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 07:13:38PM +0100, Michael Schroeder wrote: > On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 11:44:53AM +0100, Michael Schroeder wrote: > > - tilde support in version comparison > > - triggers on provides instead of package names > > - weak dependencies (basically just parsing them and storing them

Re: [Rpm-maint] RPM 4.9.0 alpha available

2010-12-01 Thread Panu Matilainen
On Sun, 21 Nov 2010, Bill Nottingham wrote: > Michael Schroeder (m...@suse.de) said: > > As we're doing a major release, what are your thoughts on the > > following features: > > My pet idea is an informational tag is a tag that defines a package > as either multilib or not-multilib, for use by

Re: [Rpm-maint] RPM 4.9.0 alpha available

2010-11-29 Thread Michael Schroeder
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 11:44:53AM +0100, Michael Schroeder wrote: > - tilde support in version comparison > - triggers on provides instead of package names > - weak dependencies (basically just parsing them and storing them > in the rpm header) > - defining some tag where yum/zypp/smart can stor

Re: [Rpm-maint] RPM 4.9.0 alpha available

2010-11-26 Thread devzero2000
On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Panu Matilainen wrote: > On Thu, 25 Nov 2010, Michael Schroeder wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 12:55:17PM +0200, Panu Matilainen wrote: > > > On Thu, 25 Nov 2010, Michael Schroeder wrote: > > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 10:48:08AM +0200, Panu Matilaine

Re: [Rpm-maint] RPM 4.9.0 alpha available

2010-11-26 Thread Panu Matilainen
On Thu, 25 Nov 2010, Michael Schroeder wrote: > On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 12:55:17PM +0200, Panu Matilainen wrote: > > On Thu, 25 Nov 2010, Michael Schroeder wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 10:48:08AM +0200, Panu Matilainen wrote: > > > > If you have time to look at the more than one tilde

Re: [Rpm-maint] RPM 4.9.0 alpha available

2010-11-25 Thread Michael Schroeder
On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 12:55:17PM +0200, Panu Matilainen wrote: > On Thu, 25 Nov 2010, Michael Schroeder wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 10:48:08AM +0200, Panu Matilainen wrote: > > > If you have time to look at the more than one tilde-case, then please do. > > > > Okey, I'll send a patch

Re: [Rpm-maint] RPM 4.9.0 alpha available

2010-11-25 Thread Panu Matilainen
On Thu, 25 Nov 2010, Michael Schroeder wrote: > On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 10:48:08AM +0200, Panu Matilainen wrote: > > If you have time to look at the more than one tilde-case, then please do. > > Okey, I'll send a patch later this day. Cool. > > As for the compatibility tracking and all that:

Re: [Rpm-maint] RPM 4.9.0 alpha available

2010-11-25 Thread Michael Schroeder
On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 10:48:08AM +0200, Panu Matilainen wrote: > If you have time to look at the more than one tilde-case, then please do. Okey, I'll send a patch later this day. > As for the compatibility tracking and all that: looking at the options, > it'd probably only create a much bigge

Re: [Rpm-maint] RPM 4.9.0 alpha available

2010-11-25 Thread Panu Matilainen
On Wed, 24 Nov 2010, Michael Schroeder wrote: > On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 03:18:46PM +0200, Panu Matilainen wrote: > > On Fri, 19 Nov 2010, Michael Schroeder wrote: > > > - tilde support in version comparison > > > > No fundamental objections, it'd simplify packaging of pre-release versions > > a

Re: [Rpm-maint] RPM 4.9.0 alpha available

2010-11-24 Thread Michael Schroeder
On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 03:18:46PM +0200, Panu Matilainen wrote: > On Fri, 19 Nov 2010, Michael Schroeder wrote: > > - tilde support in version comparison > > No fundamental objections, it'd simplify packaging of pre-release versions > a great deal. The current suggested patch has some issues tho

Re: [Rpm-maint] RPM 4.9.0 alpha available

2010-11-22 Thread seth vidal
On Mon, 2010-11-22 at 09:46 -0500, seth vidal wrote: > On Mon, 2010-11-22 at 15:18 +0200, Panu Matilainen wrote: > > > - tilde support in version comparison > > > > No fundamental objections, it'd simplify packaging of pre-release versions > > a great deal. The current suggested patch has some is

Re: [Rpm-maint] RPM 4.9.0 alpha available

2010-11-22 Thread seth vidal
On Mon, 2010-11-22 at 15:18 +0200, Panu Matilainen wrote: > > - tilde support in version comparison > > No fundamental objections, it'd simplify packaging of pre-release versions > a great deal. The current suggested patch has some issues though, see > http://rpm.org/ticket/56#comment:6 > > I d

Re: [Rpm-maint] RPM 4.9.0 alpha available

2010-11-22 Thread Panu Matilainen
On Fri, 19 Nov 2010, Michael Schroeder wrote: > On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 12:00:48PM +0200, Panu Matilainen wrote: > > We're closing in on another major RPM release, and compared to 4.7 and 4.8 > > the number of changes is so much bigger that we're starting with an alpha > > release instead of goi

Re: [Rpm-maint] RPM 4.9.0 alpha available

2010-11-22 Thread FlorianFesti
On 11/22/2010 04:35 AM, Bill Nottingham wrote: My pet idea is an informational tag is a tag that defines a package as either multilib or not-multilib, for use by distribution compose tools for packages to potentially opt-in or opt-out of whatever heuristics that such tools use. From a rpm develop

Re: [Rpm-maint] RPM 4.9.0 alpha available

2010-11-21 Thread Bill Nottingham
Michael Schroeder (m...@suse.de) said: > As we're doing a major release, what are your thoughts on the > following features: My pet idea is an informational tag is a tag that defines a package as either multilib or not-multilib, for use by distribution compose tools for packages to potentially op

Re: [Rpm-maint] RPM 4.9.0 alpha available

2010-11-19 Thread seth vidal
On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 22:52 +0200, Anssi Hannula wrote: > On 19.11.2010 12:44, Michael Schroeder wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 12:00:48PM +0200, Panu Matilainen wrote: > >> We're closing in on another major RPM release, and compared to 4.7 and 4.8 > >> the number of changes is so much bigger

Re: [Rpm-maint] RPM 4.9.0 alpha available

2010-11-19 Thread Anssi Hannula
On 19.11.2010 12:44, Michael Schroeder wrote: > On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 12:00:48PM +0200, Panu Matilainen wrote: >> We're closing in on another major RPM release, and compared to 4.7 and 4.8 >> the number of changes is so much bigger that we're starting with an alpha >> release instead of going d

Re: [Rpm-maint] RPM 4.9.0 alpha available

2010-11-19 Thread Michael Schroeder
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 12:00:48PM +0200, Panu Matilainen wrote: > We're closing in on another major RPM release, and compared to 4.7 and 4.8 > the number of changes is so much bigger that we're starting with an alpha > release instead of going directly to beta, just in case. As we're doing a ma

[Rpm-maint] RPM 4.9.0 alpha available

2010-11-19 Thread Panu Matilainen
We're closing in on another major RPM release, and compared to 4.7 and 4.8 the number of changes is so much bigger that we're starting with an alpha release instead of going directly to beta, just in case. Some of the bigger changes include: - Obsoletes are now handled more like conflicts: rpm