On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 10:42:45PM +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote: > On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 22:21:43 +0200, Axel Thimm wrote: > > > So you assume all 500 packagers run a bleeding edge rawhide on a > > daily basis? > > We have test1, test2, ... we have co-maintainers, we *need* to > prepare the distribution early enough so we have something to offer > when test1 is released. So do a rebuild for test1. > > That's far from being the case. > > I know. Now what? > > > I don't for one, do you? > > Around test1 and afterwards I've tried to prefer rawhide over FC6 as often > as possible. You tried. Did you also succeed? Succeed as in installing on your laptop and using for more than 5 minutes? If not, then please don't assume that there was a grand QA before the test releases came out. > > > > > How do a devel cycle and a test period fit into this? If we test > > > > > previously built packages on the road to a final product > > > > > > > > ... like for example 7 months ago, e.g. on FC6 ... > > > > > > Don't generalise. > > > How compatible are our distribution releases with eachother? > > > Why rebuild ABI-compatible components? > > > > Fedora is not known about keeping ABI compatiblity for a long > > time, in fact not caring about legacy is part of Fedora's > > definition and flexibility. > > But the gcc, glibc, libstdc++ (and so on) developers inform us about > when there are changes that ought to [or must] result in rebuilds. and obvioulsy this didn't cover all packages. I have about twenty that passed review and 3 of them broke. So that's ~ 1/7th. > > I think I'll start assigning all bugs that show up due to missing > > rebuilds to Michael. :) > > Do you keep a list already? Put it in the Wiki, and I'm certain, > more people will take a close look at it. No, assigning to you will be more fun. ;) -- Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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