On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 1:46 AM, Jan Zelený <jzeleny@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi guys, > as per [1], I'd like to propose some patches for F19 comps. These patches are > splitting group called Development Tools into several smaller groups. The > purpose of this email is to find out if there is something fundamentally wrong > with the change (except for the fact that it is change). > > These are key points about the patch set: > 1. There should be only small visible impact to users. Currently the only tool > that is commonly using comps is anaconda and that uses the "Developer > workstation" environment. This group will contain all groups that were created > by the split to ensure maximal similarity to the old state of things. > > 2. All in all, the Development Tools group needed a huge cleanup, as it > contained a lot of different tools and/or devel packages but many times these > were only fractions of development environments necessary for the particular > purpose. These tools are mostly still avaiable in other groups, like C > development, Electronic Lab, ... > > 3. The current idea for Developer Tools group is to contain just tools that > are common/usable for development of most programming languages > > 4. This should bring only the "big picture change". No need to discuss what > particular packages should be in which group. That can be tuned any time > later. > > 5. More groups targeted at specific areas should be created and/or reviewed > soon-ish. Among them: > Perl Development > Python Development > Ruby Development > feel free to suggest more development-related areas that you would like to > improve. > > The goal of this effort is to start a process which would lead to more usable > comps, so users will be able (and more importantly encouraged) to simply use > for example yum to install these environments. By that time, these > environments should be cleaned up, in case user wants to install just specific > type of devel env, not the entire "Developer Workstation" > > [1] > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_use_and_edit_comps.xml_for_package_groups > > Thanks > Jan > -- > devel mailing list > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Please undo this change immediately and wait more than 2 days before you split such a massive group of important packages. Dan -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
