On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 03:17:05PM +0200, Axel Thimm wrote: > On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 03:09:13PM +0200, Tomas Mraz wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2007-08-09 at 08:58 -0400, Tom "spot" Callaway wrote: > > > On Thu, 2007-08-09 at 14:27 +0200, Axel Thimm wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 11:01:00AM +0200, Jindrich Novy wrote: > > > > > you may have noticed Oracle released db-4.6.18 recently. The update is > > > > > now prepared in CVS, old db-4.5.20 is now moved to compat-db so the new > > > > > db4 is ready to hit rawhide soon. > > > > > > > > > > I want to announce a change I made in the new db4, that may affect > > > > > you from the packaging POV if your package is dependent on db4. It is > > > > > that I moved all the C++ stuff to db4-cxx and db4-cxx-devel subpackages > > > > > to reduce dependency bloat (#220484). > > > > > > > > > > If you have any proposals/objections related to the update, please speak up. > > > > > > > > I can understand the splitting of the runtime bits, but why split the > > > > *-devel package? > > > > > > +1. Splitting the -devel package is a rather significant alteration, for > > > little benefit (and shouldn't increase dependency bloat). > > > It means that the db4-devel must require both db4 and db4-cxx packages. > > So there is a little bit of dependency bloat there. > > Yes, but this is "just" build dependency bloat, not runtime, e.g. the > end user is saved from the bloat, which is the main aspect of avoiding > bloat. > Ok, I removed the db4-cxx-devel and put the C++ stuff back to db4-devel. I don't like this solution too much as it introduces some bloat even though it's -devel, but let it be if it eases things for packagers. Jindrich -- Jindrich Novy <jnovy@xxxxxxxxxx> http://people.redhat.com/jnovy/ -- Fedora-maintainers mailing list Fedora-maintainers@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-maintainers -- Fedora-maintainers-readonly mailing list Fedora-maintainers-readonly@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-maintainers-readonly
