On Monday 25 of August 2014 16:26:32 Greg KH wrote:
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 02:55:15AM +0400, Kyrill Detinov wrote:
I've just found that the systemd package includes 369 files (381 already, while writing this message). I'm shocked. openSUSE applied 300+ patches??? Is systemd good and stable for openSUSE? It seems, NO.
Does the number of patches in a package relate to how "good and stable" it is for a distro?
Given that (well maintained) Factory packages tend to follow the upstream releases, they should only contain the patches that are (a) in the process of getting into an upstream release (b) rejected by upstream but we still consider them useful (c) intentionally deviating from upstream behaviour So yes, I believe that the number of patches we keep in a Factory package (relative to the size of the original sources) tells us something about how usable the upstream version is for our purposes. It's not the only criterion but it cannot be disregarded entirely.
Have you looked at the kernel package?
Well, I did, out of curiosity. At the moment, the Factory kernel source package has 230 patches for a 77MB (565 MB uncompressed) tarball. The Factory systemd source package has 347 patches for a 2.5MB (28 MB uncompressed) tarball. The ratio of ~30 ( = (347 / 28) / (230 / 565)) between those is IMHO kind of disturbing. Michal Kubeček -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org