----- "Jesse Keating" <jkeating@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2009-12-23 at 15:46 -0500, Jarod Wilson wrote: > > Okay, we've definitely got some slight misunderstanding here... :) > > > > I was objecting to Kevin's suggestion that we should be able to > build > > official packages from branches named ^private-*. But building from > a > > branch tagged something !^private- is actually necessary sometimes. > > > > The kernel folks have had to do just that from time to time. For > > example, say the F12 cvs head moves on towards 2.6.32 and an > official > > build is submitted to updates-testing. Meanwhile, a security update > for > > the already-released-to-users 2.6.31.x kernel needs to get pushed > out. > > We create an F12-specific 2.6.31.x branch and build an *official* > kernel > > to push to updates post-haste to fix the security issue. This > *does* > > need to be allowed. But it wouldn't be on a branch named > "private-*", it > > would be quite blatant and obvious in naming, such as > > f12-2_6_31_x-kernel-branch or similar. > > > > I think there was some confusion in my use of "private branch", > where I > > was referring to branches with a name ^private-*, while Kevin was > > thinking in a more general sense, which would encompass the above > kernel > > example. > > > > I understand the use case, I'm still not super keen on having > official > built packages come out of a branch. Makes discovery somewhat > difficult, and leads to problems if we have to bump+build something > and > don't realize that the real live code is actually on a branch. > +1 We used branches for a temporary setup recently and it got two people crazy looking for the sources for the builds. They ended up starting from scratch because they couldn't find it. > So this needs some more thinking, and discussion, which is happening > here, which is a good thing. Healthy debate is good, lets just > endeavor > to keep it healthy (: > > -- > Jesse Keating > Fedora -- Freedom² is a feature! > identi.ca: http://identi.ca/jkeating > > -- > fedora-devel-list mailing list > fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
