Distributions going smart & bugfixes?

[Axel Thimm]

On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 09:49:23AM +0100, Anders F Björklund wrote:
> Axel Thimm wrote:
>> https://code.launchpad.net/~smartpm/smart/bugfix
>>
>> is what a packager would like to target instead of the release.
>
> Depends on what release you want, "bugfix" was supposed to be
> the minor revision (e.g. 1.1.2) and "testing" the major (1.2)
>
> There were too many bugs pending, so I divided them up a little
> so that it would be easier to merge them into trunk for release.
>
>> At least I see three current bugs from F10 in there which I can
>> squash with one repackaging.
>>
>> Is that the purpose of this branch, or am I doing something wrong?
>
> That is the purpose of the branch, yes. It also had the support
> for Python 2.6, that is needed by Fedora 11 and openSUSE 11.1...

OK, I'll track that branch for packaging official smart packages for
Fedora. Thanks!

> Fedora 10 still has issues beyond those addressed in that branch,
> like rpm-md not deleting old metadata* due to the random filenames.
> And there's probably a lot more issues with the rpm.org 4.6 release
> waiting to happen, beyond permitting the loops and empty provides.
>
> * https://bugs.launchpad.net/smart/+bug/302453
>
> It also needs support for Yum Comps to be useful in Fedora, since
> many things are now only in those as the RPM Groups are not used ?

Yes, RPM Groups have been considered obsolete for quite some
time. There was even discussion about droping them entirely in
rpm > 4.5, but that didn't happen.

> But that implementation* (of "comps") has been pushed for next year
> so there will be no Yum Comps/PackageKit Collections in Smart 1.2
>
> * https://bugs.launchpad.net/smart/+bug/244969

Well, next year is two week away :)

Thanks for all the efforts! The stable and testing branches are very
useful for distribution packagers. Maybe I'll use the testing branch
for F11's development cycle. But I'll ask again before doing so. ;)
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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