On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 17:38:56 -0400, Stewart Adam wrote: > Reading this reminded me of something - It's really annoying to have to > download in many cases 100-200MB of packages to find that the changelog > contained 'rebuild' or some other minor change that might not affect you > at all. Many people have a cap on bandwidth so it's a shame to waste > that 200MB, not to mention that time for those on dial-up. It may be a _required_ rebuild, e.g. due to changes in the compiler or libraries, and the changelog just doesn't give any details. What should not happen is what has happened recently. Packagers rebuilding their packages for FC-6 with just an increased release value "to keep NVR in sync" with the mass-rebuild in devel, or package rebuilds for the old dists for just an updated "License" field. I agree that such rebuilds are annoying (especially when they trigger .rpmsave/.rpmnew actions). In general, IMHO, packagers should refrain from doing "rebuilds without details in changelog" in stable branches of the distribution. For devel, such rebuilds are normal (although the packager could also explain the need for the rebuild when it is not just a trial-and-error rebuild against the latest build env). -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
