Proposal: Rename cvsextras to packager

Warren Togami wtogami at redhat.com
Fri Oct 5 18:31:21 UTC 2007


Jesse Keating wrote:
> On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:44:40 -0400
> Warren Togami <wtogami at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
>> At F8 development freeze when mass CVS branching is happening,
>> everyone will have to stop working on packages for a short while.
>> During this time we should also rename cvsextras to packager.  This
>> should reduce overall confusion.
>>
>> We will need to prepare the necessary changes to infrastructure
>> scripts to handle this transition.  Toshio has agreed to lead script
>> prep for this change.
>>
>> Any objections?
> 
> I would want to make this at the same time we make other sweeping
> changes, like renaming devel to rawhide in bugzilla, renaming the
> directory on the filesystem from 'development' to 'rawhide',
> potentially changing how we do test releases (and how many we do),
> etc..  Lets try to all get in agreement with all the things we're going
> to do and them execute them once for a spike in confusion rather than a
> continual rollercoaster.
> 
> The rel-eng meetings nearing the end of F8 should be the best place for
> such things, combined with FESCo meetings.

Except renaming cvsextras is not a sweeping change like 
s/development/rawhide/ or those other things you mention.

We should go ahead as planned at CVS branch time.

Warren Togami
wtogami at redhat.com




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