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On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 10:07:02AM -0400, Anthony G. Basile wrote: |
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> On 03/29/2014 09:30 AM, Tom Wijsman wrote: |
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> > On Sat, 29 Mar 2014 08:50:36 -0400 |
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> > "Anthony G. Basile" <basile@××××××××××××××.edu> wrote: |
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> >> Okay I'd like to add an agenda item. A policy inspired by bug |
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> >> #506034. |
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> > (PS: Bug #506114 could be relevant to your item) |
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> > Same here, let's take this a step further and extend this to profiles. |
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> > A policy inspired by bug #435094 and bug #506142. |
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> >> Motion: "Significant changes to virtuals are to be discussed (via |
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> >> mailing list or bugzilla) with all the maintainers and/or herds which |
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> >> maintain packages those virtuals depend on." |
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> > Motion: "Significant changes to profiles are to be discussed (via |
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> > mailing list or bugzilla) with all the maintainers and/or herds that |
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> > rely on what gets changed in the profiles." |
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> >> Discussion: "Like eclasses, changes to virtuals can affect all the |
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> >> packages which depend on them. Changing existing virtuals, removing |
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> >> virtuals or adding new ones affect the packages they depend on. When |
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> >> such a change is proposed, all maintainers affected need to be |
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> >> included in the discussion." |
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> > Discussion: "Like eclasses and virtuals, changes to the profiles affect |
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> > a set of packages at once. For instance, adding or removing a mask or |
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> > force can result in something becoming forced or optional. If something |
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> > is assumed to be forced, or optional; it can result in breakage, we |
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> > would like to prevent huge breakage. When such change is proposed, all |
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> > maintainers affected need to be included in the discussion." |
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> > Concern: "Unawareness, possible breakage and a lack of cooperation." |
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> Tom, I agree. This does seem like a good idea. An example here are |
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> some of the ABI variables that were introduced. I maintain some |
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> profiles which stack differently than default/linux/amd64/13.0 and |
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> getting a heads up about changes in the layers of the default profiles |
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> would have helped. |
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I understand the concerns, but I am with hasufell on both of these. |
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We are supposed to be a team, and if a few people aren't team players, |
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I would rather see energy spent on fixing that issue instead of trying |
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to legislate every possible corner case. |
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William |