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Luca Barbato <lu_zero@g.o> posted 47DCBE68.5000109@g.o, |
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excerpted below, on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 07:30:00 +0100: |
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> Raúl Porcel wrote: |
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>> Xulrunner-1.9 is a big change, and the apps using it won't work until |
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>> they are fixed. So this needs to be decided, i've been working on |
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>> slotting xulrunner, and i'm ready to put it in the tree. However i'd |
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>> like to see what developers(since they will be the ones who will have |
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>> to deal with this) and users prefer. Even if an app is compatible with |
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>> xulrunner-1.9, it will have to be patched if we slot xulrunner. Since |
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>> the pkgconfig files for xulrunner-1.9 are renamed to avoid collisions |
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>> with current xulrunner-1.8. |
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>> The other approach would be not slotting it, p.mask xulrunner-1.9 and |
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>> wait until all the packages work against it and then unmask. |
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> Given the number of applications I'd rather have them fixed with the |
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> patches pushed to respective upstreams if we got there first. |
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Thanks for the wisdom of asking about this, Raul. Given the way you |
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worded things, it looks like the consensus is heading a way other than |
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you might have expected. |
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Unslotted xulrunner seems to be the consensus, so we aren't committing to |
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"forever" maintain patches ourselves -- on a package-base that may well |
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expand over time. |
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Some questions. What's the possibility of getting upstream to handle the |
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renaming, thereby making slotting much easier while eliminating the |
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"eternal" patch commitment? Has the issue even been brought up with |
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mozilla-upstream? I know they aren't always the most receptive to |
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community suggestions, but it's worth asking, anyway. |
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How many packages are we talking about? Regardless of how we go, fixing |
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ten is going to be far easier than a hundred, or five hundred. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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