On 23 February 2015 at 14:40, Jan Matějek <jmatejek@suse.cz> wrote:
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Folks,
I'll be disabling builds for SLE11 in the following repositories: devel:languages:python devel:languages:python3 The SLE11 repository will not be removed; if you *want* to build for SLE11, you can explicitly enable it for your package.
I have also already started declining requests to these repos that contain SLE11 compatibility conditionals (%if %suse_version < 1230 or lower). This only applies to newly-added conditionals, and new package submits: If you're only updating a package that already has this in the spec file, the request will be accepted. I'll still accept requests with conditionals, IF you ask for it in the request message; our goal is simply to make this an exception and not the default. (Fellow d:l:py reviewers, please consider adopting this policy too.) The py2pack tool currently generates some compatibility conditionals like this, i'll try to get it updated so that a newly generated spec will be acceptable.
In other words, feel free to submit packages that don't build on SLE11.
m.
Jan, I'm not going to comment on the merits (or lack thereof) of this decision, but I am compelled to comment on one aspect of this announcement.
(Fellow d:l:py reviewers, please consider adopting this policy too.)
We're a community. And for that community, the various groups within it need to work together. That requires communication and consultation. Based on the above quoted line, it seems you are arbitrarily making a decision regarding d:l:py without consulting your colleagues who also review d:l:py The userlist of d:l:py suggests there are 8 other individuals besides yourself who should have been involved in a decision like this before any announcement like this should have been made. If you've decided to do this on your own, without consulting *at least* your colleagues in that development group (ideally major changes with a wide impact should also be discussed with wider community before actions are taken) then I consider this announcement invalid, inappropriate, madness, and I could probably use stronger language. Please clarify whether this announcement is a formal agreed upon decision of the current maintainers of devel:languages:python and python3 If it is not, then please synchronise your practices with your fellow maintainers before making any announcements. Regards, Richard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+owner@opensuse.org