On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 12:20:05PM +0200, Felix Kaechele wrote: > Hi Michael, > > On 14.04.2010 09:19, Michael Schwendt wrote: > > > Why would it need to be rebuilt manually? > > You don't need to. If a package is working perfectly fine and no update > is available there's no need to rebuild. > > >> "Hey, this pkg hasn't been built, even in rawhide, in a while, maybe you > >> should 1. check that out and 2. if the pkg is dead or unmaintained > >> consider retiring it." > > > > It's stable, works, and is still being used by dependencies. Would I > > rebuild just for fun (and possibly introduce bugs related to temporary > > issues with compilation, RPM, or other build deps)? > > Again, there really is no need to. And Seth didn't say that there is a > need to do so. I think he really tried hard to make his point of the > list not having any implications. > For my part I found this list quite useful because I almost forgot that > I took over rubyripper some time ago. > I had some issues with it lately and I almost filed a bug for it. I can > just imagine the hilarity if that bug would have been assigned to myself > directly ;) > > So just see this list as a service that you _can_ use. But you aren't > required to use this service. > > Thanks Seth. That's how I took it too -- My packages in that list that are similar, slow moving packages. Except for one that I think I should take a closer look at massively upgrading in Rawhide or orphaning. So thanks from me, too. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ Where open source multiplies: http://opensource.com -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
