On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 01:44, Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Rahul Sundaram wrote: > >> On 03/12/2010 05:44 AM, Kevin Kofler wrote: >>> Chris Adams wrote: >>> >>>> What about somebody developing on their own computer? Having to rebuild >>>> because you (or possibly somebody else, if a system has a dedicated >>>> admin) loaded an update is highly irritating. >>>> >>> Huh? I have to compile the stuff I am developing very often anyway. >>> Having to rebuild it once is not going to be the end of the world. >>> >> >> No but it is often disruptive if ABI changes are in libraries in an >> update and we should avoid that as much as possible. This is part of >> treating Fedora as a platform instead of a loose set of packages. > > How is it disruptive? Surely not because I have to rebuild the stuff I am > developing myself and have to compile very often anyway… If it's stuff > coming from a third-party repo, it's that repo's responsibility to rebuild > the package and get it out together with the Fedora update. « Alright, today I'll be implementing feature XYZ in my Foobar program. » [... a short hack later, testing the change...] « Why doesn't it work? It was working fine last time I tried, what's happening » [... an hour of debugging later...] « $#@!%µ the Libbar librazy was updated and isn't compatible anymore. Great, I just lost an hour trying to solve a problem in my program when it was coming from an soname bump! Thank you (not) $distro maintainer!!! » I have a very short programming experience, and yet it already happened to me. I can't imagine how little patience must remain for those who have been facing this kind of problems for years. :-/ ---------- Mathieu Bridon -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
