On Mon, 2007-04-16 at 13:58 -0400, Robin Norwood wrote:
"Tom \"spot\" Callaway"
<tcallawa(a)redhat.com> writes:
> On Mon, 2007-04-16 at 16:56 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote:
>
>> I was quite happy to add BR: perl(ExtUtils::MakeMaker) or whatever's
>> appropriate for a given module for the packages I maintain. I'm still
>> happy to do this.
>>
>> I can understand the desire to put perl-devel in the buildroot given the
>> lateness in the development cycle of the perl packaging change but only
>> as a temporary thing for F7 and something that would be reverted for F8.
>> Having the buildreqs correct in the packages has the be "the right thing
>> to do" in the long term.
>
> Yes, I agree with this too, I just don't want to add stress to the F-7
> cycle. We can drop perl-devel from the buildroot defaults in devel,
> F-8+.
Ok, that seems to be the consensus. We'll roll the split into F7, add
the needed packages to the buildroots, and get the perl-* spec files
fixed for F8.
Hmm - Why so reluctant/hesitant? Why not "_not_ _adding_ them
to the
buildroots"?
A "not-so-unlikely-to-happen" mass-rebuild to happen before F7's release
or individual future package upgrades then would likely catch them all
when "they are not present in the buildroots for F7".
With a little mutal collaboration from perl-package maintainers (and
ACL's widely disabled) this would largely be a mechanical process.
Ralf