[Yum-devel] Re: [yum-cvs] yum/yum storagefactory.py, NONE, 1.1.2.1 __init__.py, 1.196.2.7, 1.196.2.8 repos.py, 1.90.2.1, 1.90.2.2

seth vidal skvidal at linux.duke.edu
Wed May 24 16:02:19 UTC 2006


On Wed, 2006-05-24 at 18:05 +0300, Tambet Ingo wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-05-24 at 10:34 -0400, Jeremy Katz wrote:
> > Doesn't it make sense to do this on HEAD first so that it can get some
> > more testing prior to backporting to the 2.6.x branch?
> 
> Yeah, probably. I didn't know anyone was actually testing HEAD, other
> than a couple of people doing yum development. It's a really small
> change that doesn't affect people who are not interested in C parser.
> It's just some code moved from one file to another. It's really hard to
> get any testing to C parser if it requires patching yum, that's why I
> committed to the branch people actually use. Just to re-iterate, it does
> not make you use any unstable code, the yum-metadata-parser is used only
> if it's separately installed.
> 
> Should I revert it from 2.6?

1. I think getting it in yum 2.6. release as an option is a good idea
for testing it out
2. But making sure it is in head matters, too.

So please, port it up to HEAD, but I think it's fine going into 2.6,
especially considering it is not required for functionality.

-sv





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