Heads-up: python 2.5 on its way

Thorsten Leemhuis fedora at leemhuis.info
Tue Dec 12 06:52:04 UTC 2006


Jeff Spaleta schrieb:
> On 12/6/06, Jeremy Katz <katzj at redhat.com> wrote:
>> This is just a heads up that I'm in the progress of getting python
>> 2.5 staged for the development tree.  At this point, I'm doing the
>> build on the side and trying to get a good chunk of the Core
>> packages rebuilt against it before pushing to the development tree
>> itself.  I'm still hoping to be able to do the actual move over
>> either later today or tomorrow (depending on how fast the Core
>> build system decides to be)
> 
> I need a clear policy statement with regard to how the frell I'm 
> suppose to get my python packages in Extras rebuilt in a timely 
> manner.
> 
> Do i have the authority to bump release packages underneath mine as 
> needed? [...]

IMHO: yes; see
http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras/Policy/WhoIsAllowedToModifyWhichPackages

We should add the current problem at hand to the section below to make 
it explicit for the future.

> Minor, general or cleanup changes
> 
> Sometimes there are situations where it's simply a lot easier to fix
> stuff directly in cvs than via bugzilla and the proper maintainers.
> So much easier that we should leave this path open. These situations
> shouldn't arise that often. Some examples of situations were
> bypassing the proper maintained is considered fine:
> 
> * support for a new architecture -- that often requires that a lot of
> packages need adjustments or patches that packagers often can't even
> test themself. Getting all those modifications in via bugzilla is a
> lot of annoying work, so these things can be fixed directly in the
> devel branch of cvs without contacting the individual maintainers if
> the general effort was announced beforehand. A SIG should handle the
> stuff and continue with normal operations after the initial porting
> efforts are finished.
 > * small fixes or adjustments for new or modified packaging guidelines
> can be done directly in CVS after being announced some days in
> advance. 
 > * mass rebuilds

CU
thl




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