-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 John Allen wrote: > On Wednesday 03 September 2003 15:06, Buchan Milne wrote:
>>So, submit a spec file that makes provision for slightly different >>configurations (such as Mandrake 8.1's kernel update had acl support, >>but no acl/attr libraries, so maybe 8.1.1 should have acl support but no >>nss_wins/winbind support, maybe by 9.2.1 samba3 will be stable, so it >>can build as the system samba and we won't need alternatives anymore, > > > Hey I understand this, but if I was maintaining a a package I'd prefer to have > 9.2, 9.2.1, 9.2.2, 9.2.3 than 9.2 with any multitudinous combination of > security and system updates installed. Well, assuming everyone else assumes that all packages for 9.1 must be functionally identical (ie same files, same provides, same features), I don't, I just need to ensure my packages will be identical to the ones already shipped. If you change the release number, I would guess that either files, provides, or features of at least one package would have changed, so I can't assume that 9.1.0 and 9.1.1 packages are functionally equivalent => more work. >>while we still need them on 9.2, but we still want people to be able to >>build samba on 9.1 with alternatives if they really want to). Then, you >>still need to test all these packages on all the releases (if you even >>have enough machines/disk space/buildroots to build them all), and most >>likely will need to fix a few things. Also, we have largely ignored >>feature conditionals (anitvirus support on samba for example). > > Yes, its heap of work You noticed? > I spend all day every day doing it. And some of us give up our free time maintaining packages, so we end up spending a lrage proportion on non "day" doing it ... so don't expect us to relish the idea of more of it for no apparent benefit. - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x202 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/VfycrJK6UGDSBKcRAnVgAJ4qFnOGhn83XG+d47frhkpSzpAtTwCcDSPV BFKA8NcMC1eNQ1M0GgiFCyc= =h37z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ***************************************************************** Please click on http://www.cae.co.za/disclaimer.htm to read our e-mail disclaimer or send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a copy. *****************************************************************
