[Rpm-metadata] adding different compression types to createrepo
seth vidal
skvidal at fedoraproject.org
Wed Aug 4 18:44:45 UTC 2010
On Wed, 2010-08-04 at 12:42 -0600, Matthew Dawkins wrote:
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> On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 12:06 PM, seth vidal
> <skvidal at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-08-04 at 12:01 -0600, Matthew Dawkins wrote:
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> > So you are saying you would purposely using the xz switch?
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> I don't understand this sentence.
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> > In my case I have no problems using it. Smart supports the
> > decompression of xz'd xml files. It's not even the case of
> me breaking
> > backwards-compat repo.
> >
> > Adding an option and using it are two separate issues.
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> Read my other posts and I think it'll make more sense.
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> No one is saying, "Change the default behavior."
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> No, sorry your logic doesn't make sense. I've read over and over what
> you have said and all I see are sentences avoiding the real subject of
> adding an additional compression option.
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> I think it would be better to agree on how to add such functionality
> (which seems to be a desired feature) instead continually say that you
> wouldn't add it or reasons not to. It does no one any good to fork or
> hold rogue patches for a tool that many consider to be a standard,
> but that's what's going to happen if all the users of createrepo hear
> is no.
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'all they hear is no'? Seriously, you've asked for one thing and you've
been given a fairly detailed and nuanced answer and you boil it down to
'no'?
-sv
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