On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 3:18 PM, seth vidal <[email protected]> wrote: > I talked with Stephen for a while this afternoon about the > libtalloc/samba3x thing and my goal was to come up with a solution that > would: > > 1. break the fewest people > 2. require no acts of god to get something to change quickly mid-stream > in rhel5 > > So the solution to rebuild the special version of libtalloc 1.X that > samba3x requires as a temporary measure until rhel5.6 is released seems > like the best one.
I do not see a problem. +1 from me. > It has the following advantage: > - for people using samba3x AND having epel repos enabled - their > samba3x doesn't break > - it doesn't require any sort of magical powers to fix rhel for an > EXTREMELY commonly used repo in the middle of a release > - it means anyone who is already in the place where they have samba3x > installed and the libtalloc from epel they will be seamlessly upgraded > to a working version and not having things break when they DO start > using samba3x and they don't have to file a bug, have it closed as a > dupe and chase down the solution to nuke the newer one and issue an > update > - at no point in time does an EPOCH have to be involved. > > > > seriously - this should just happen - I understand it goes against > various rules except it does follow the spirit of the rules which is: > > 1. don't break rhel > 2. don't break using rhel and epel > 3. don't break users who are just trying to get through their day > > yay for not breaking users. > > -sv > > > _______________________________________________ > epel-devel-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/epel-devel-list > -- Stephen J Smoogen. “The core skill of innovators is error recovery, not failure avoidance.” Randy Nelson, President of Pixar University. "We have a strategic plan. It's called doing things."" — Herb Kelleher, founder Southwest Airlines _______________________________________________ epel-devel-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/epel-devel-list
