On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 18:11, Thierry Vignaud <[email protected]>wrote:
> On 25 March 2012 18:15, Pascal Terjan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Now, in order to provide a very good Mageia 2, every package should > >> be rebuilt with the new toolchain/glibc in order to make sure they > >> still build _and_ work correctly (and flush out any bugs in the > >> toolchain) > >> > >> Now this rebuild should be done preferably in BR order when possible, > >> to rule out bad interaction between packages and be preferably be > >> fully done by alpha3 or beta1 at the latest so we have time to fix > >> it properly for Mageia 2. > > (...) > > > Rebuilding half of the distribution now seems the best way to add bugs > > before the release... > > On the other hand, we my got bugs introduced when pushing a security > update due to the new toolchain not having been tested with those > packages... > Or having packages not rebuilding when patching them for security > fixes. > Yes but I think it's something that should have been done after toolchain was updated in december, or at latest around beta1/version freeze, not 2 weeks before the release candidate
