2013/4/15 Brad King <[email protected]> > On 04/15/2013 09:35 AM, Eric Noulard wrote: > > In any case I wish and think 2 staged topics should be merged-in for > next 2.8.11 RC if > > there is one left: > > > > CPackRPM-avoidOwningSystemDirs > > this one should solve a recurring bug report about system directories > > being owned by CPack generated RPM. > > The change should be safe because the only directories removed from > > the generated RPM must be present on any RPM-based system. > > > > CPackRPM-componentizedUserSpecFile > > this one is for being able to use one user spec file by component. > > This is safe too and probably concerns a very small amount of > > "advanced" users. > > For each successive RC we have to be more strict about merging only > fixes for regressions from previous releases and documentation updates. > Any other kind of change can introduce new behavior changes that may > invalidate results of RC testing already done by users. If a new > problem were to slip in it might not be caught by users (justifiably)
not willing to test every RC. > Yes I know that and you are right of course. I guess I shall be more diligent and put things in soon enough **before** any RC. To be honest I should have fixed "CPackRPM-avoidOwningSystemDirs" long time ago a feel upset when a new bug related to this issue appeared again... so I take time to fix it. > Imagine diligently testing rc1 and concluding that it does not break > your project. Then the final release comes out and breaks it. Now > how motivated will you be to bother testing rc1 of the next release? > Not much, you are right again. Then forget my request, this will wait 2.8.12. -- Erk Le gouvernement représentatif n'est pas la démocratie -- http://www.le-message.org
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