Perl splitting

[Robin Norwood]

Ralf Corsepius <rc040203 at freenet.de> writes:


[...]

>>  the BuildRequires will be wrong, and the module
>> > authors will understandably be very annoyed with me, and will probably
>> > yell at me.
> I have no idea what you are referring to. 

I think the threading got broken here.  This was me speaking, and I
meant to say 'package owners' instead of 'module authors'.

> In case a user complains about an srpm you maintain not being
> rebuildable, you (the rpm-maintainer) can choose to fix it (essentially
> what "grandfathering" means - Fix upon request or need) or ignore this
> complaint.
>
> In case an rpm's maintainer complains when he rebuilds a package he had
> not touched for ages. Shall he update his spec, like he would have been
> forced to do during a mass rebuild.

And he'll yell at me, probably.  I'm ok with this.

>> >> 2. Such issues could easily be approached by a perl-SWAT team, but ...
> I find it remarkable that none of you commented on this.

Are you volunteering to start one?  I'll be happy to help as much as I
can, time permitting. :-)

-RN

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Robin Norwood
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