2008/12/18 Nicolas Mailhot <nicolas.mailhot@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > > Sometimes, it is necessary to perform a mass rename to bring some > consistency to a class of packages. > > In that case any workflow that proceeds package by package is the road > to failure, since > — either each package is done separately by different people with little > coordination (and you don't get consistency, some packagers will always > slack or fail) > – or one person goes through each package and you get burnout and again, > failure (and I won't even speak of doing a new review for each package) > > I'd like to see a mode where: > — a list of consistent renames is approved collectively > — the associated cvs work is done in one shot by infra > — each individual packager gets to work on the spec changes of his > packages > — an experienced packager or a group of packagers is mandated to check > it's done correctly and eventually to substitute to the packagers who > don't do their bit at all There's a lot of merit to this (I'm thinking here of the tetex->tex renames that are needed). -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
