On Fri, 2008-09-26 at 16:00 +0200, Vincent Untz wrote:
Le vendredi 26 septembre 2008, à 08:44 -0500, Bryen a écrit :
The focus of this thread should be: What are the guidelines we should follow for what and when to copy packages from G:C to Contrib.
Here's my proposal (which extends to the main repo, and not just G:C).
First, I think there are two roles in G:C, which is why it's a bit difficult to know what to do:
+ provide packages not in the main repository (eg: last-exit, meld, etc.) + provide up-to-date packages for old version of openSUSE (eg, I guess: pidgin, f-spot, etc.)
I don't think we can keep it both ways. I propose that we use G:C as a staging area for Contrib (maybe even rename it to GNOME:Contrib) -- a bit like G:F and oS:F. It doesn't mean all packages in G:C are ready for Contrib -- but the goal would be to have them all in Contrib in the end. (FWIW, I'd find it weird to have something in G:C that we don't want to see in Contrib)
I also propose we create a GNOME:Backport or whatever to fill the second role of the current G:C.
Now, to extend this a bit more: it might make sense to look at all the packages in G:F and see which ones are not installed by default. Those packages can also be a good start for things we might want to move to Contrib.
Also, I strongly believe we should maintain the packages in G:F, G:C and the relevant packages in Contrib the same way, as a team.
I mostly agree with Vincent here, although we'll still need to have new versions of packages in the distro stored in G:C, while the others should all move to :Contrib (after being staged in G:C until ready). Also, I like the idea of moving stuff in G:F to :contrib, like gftp and others. And yes, we should maintain all as a team, if not, we'll end up having lots of unmaintained packages -- Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo@novell.com> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help@opensuse.org