splitting a package into many (src.rpm wise): resubmit or special handling?

[Nigel Jones]

Axel Thimm wrote:
> This is about nx which is a conglomeration of several (8) different
> source tarballs. This is a historical design which has some drawbacks
> like having to rebuild all 8 "subpackages" when only one changes.
> 
> Now, technically splitting the (source) package into 8 (source)
> packages is less the problem, I'm more afraid of having to submit all
> 8 pieces and wait for reviews of each one of them. Any chance this
> could be special handled by a cvsadmin? Does fesco or some other
> instance need to approve?
For something like this, how I'd like to see it handled, is one master
review bug#, with the 8 specfiles, and label the review as 'Review
Request: nx-* - Package split'.


N.J.