On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 6:45 AM Susi Lehtola <jussilehtola@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 4/22/20 11:54 AM, Miro Hrončok wrote: > > On 22. 04. 20 10:25, Susi Lehtola wrote: > >> first, I'm sorry for a partial screw-up of the libxc soname bump announcement. > >> It appears I am not alone: there are a few soname bumps each month, many of them > >> still unannounced. > > > > I'd guess the biggest problem is that a lot of packages have soname bumps hidden > > by * globs. I.e. the maintainers update thei package without even realizing > > they've bumped. > > > > This is getting better and better now, as more packages follow the rule not to > > do this and use a more strict glob. > > If the updates system caught changed sonames and triggered a warning / mails to > affected package maintainers, this would not be a problem. > > >> This raises the question: shouldn't there be some sort of automatic tool for > >> making soname bump announcements? It seems to me that this is a thing where > >> computers easily beat humans: query for dependent packages, and shoot their > >> maintainers an email. Maybe something that could go in fedpkg? Whenever changed > >> sonames are detected, hold the update aside and start ringing the alarm bells? > > > > If somebody does this, note that there are basically 3 steps here: > > > > 1. > > $ repoquery --repo=rawhide --source --whatrequires 'libfoo.so.1.0()(64bit)' > > > > 2. > > https://pagure.io/fedora-misc-package-utilities/blob/master/f/find-package-maintainers > > > > 3. > > Write and send e-mail. > > Three steps with manual labor instead one. A simple script could do this. > > > However, do you propose that this would happen automagically when the soname is > > bumped? What if I am already in touch with the dependent package owners? > > Then they get two emails notifying them about an upcoming soname bump. We used to get them with spam-o-matic[1], but that's been disabled for a few years... [1]: https://pagure.io/releng/blob/master/f/scripts/spam-o-matic -- 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth! _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
