On 07/30/2013 02:01 PM, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
On 07/30/2013 07:08 PM, Robert Schweikert wrote:
With this as a short background I'd like to propose a change in development model for our beloved distribution. Everything needs a catchy title, thus I'll call it "Integration of independently released components with pull option", very catchy I know ;) .
I'v not been working for openSUSE for so long yet, so my view may be a bit limited.
I don't think such components are a good solution. Whatever problems may arise due to dependencies to other software will arise in this model, too ... but probably much later in the case the dependencies cannot be foreseen. E.g. some package coming with a shell script which uses a deprecated option which will be removed in the other package. If that dependency is not well-defined, then the problem will arrive when the components come together; and that can be pretty late according to how I read your suggestion.
In other words: whatever work has to be done in a package to adapt to a change in another package will have to be done anyway.
That's correct, the work does not go away. The question is whether the work gets done by 1 or 2 people or by many more. In the current model developers fell little if any responsibility for factory, I think. This feeling is based on the observed symptom that for larger issues, such as a gcc change, only few are fixing stuff. Thus finding a way to bind more developers into the process should help alleviate the problem. Later, Robert -- Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU SUSE-IBM Software Integration Center LINUX Tech Lead rjschwei@suse.com rschweik@ca.ibm.com 781-464-8147 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org