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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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Anthony G. Basile, Ph. D. |
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Chair of Information Technology |
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D'Youville College |
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Buffalo, NY 14201 |
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(716) 829-8197 |
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