Re: common cvs-import.sh,1.21,1.22
by Nicolas Chauvet
2007/5/22, petersen Jens Petersen <fedora-extras-commits(a)redhat.com>:
> Log message of change that was reverted:
> > On Sunday 20 May 2007 9:29:59 am Jens Petersen wrote:
> >> Modified Files:
> >> cvs-import.sh
> >> Log Message:
> >> no longer cvs tag after importing, since this breaks imports of
> >> the same srpm on different branches
>
> > Well, the correct way to fix this is to make the tag use the right dist
> > values. I know our internal imports do the right thing, not sure what piece
> > is missing externally.
>
> I suspect that it may actually already be working correctly now (or
> someone fixed the issue elsewhere:). If someone could confirm that it
> would set my mind at rest.
Hello!
I've used it yesterday for lcdproc intial import.
Everything seem to work fine... (tagged and built)
I didn't noticed that something could be wrong about cvs-import.sh.
Thx
Nicolas (kwizart)
> Jens
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17 years
[Guidelines Change] PHP Changes
by Tom Callaway
Changes were made to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/PHP
===========================
The php-common package In Fedora Core 6 and above (version 5.1.6-3.4)
uses new virtual provides to ensure ABI compatility, and usefull macros
to test for it (ref.: /etc/rpm/macros.php in php-devel.)
The new versions provide:
* php(api): PHP Api Version
* php(zend-abi) : Zend Module Api No
Older versions only provide:
* php-api : PHP Api Version
Therefore the guidelines for the PECL Requires section were updated to
include the following information:
{{{
%if %{?php_zend_api}0
Requires: php(zend-abi) = %{php_zend_api}
Requires: php(api) = %{php_core_api}
%else
Requires: php-api = %{php_apiver}
%endif
Provides: php-pecl(foo)
}}}
This will ensure ABI compatiblity while also maintaining backwards
compatibility with older versions of php. After FC-6 is deprecated,
maintaining backwards compatiblity should no longer be required in the
guidelines. The PEAR section just above the PECL section was also
reformatted so that it is contained within wiki code blocks for
consistency.
===========================
The Macros and Scriptlets section of the PHP guidelines now has a
versioned BuildRequires of:
BuildRequires: php-pear >= 1:1.4.9-1.2
The reason for this is because the macros are only defined after this
version. See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=227190
Bug #227190 for an example of how the current guidelines are confusing.
17 years
BUILD ERROR from after tagged branchs
by SmootherFrOgZ
hi,
after imported and tagged all branch for build, the following command failed
"make build"
see error above
---------------------
branch tagged :
---------------------
[SmootherFrOgZ@lxtbuild FC-6]$ make tag
cvs tag -c gammu-1_10_0-2_fc6
? gammu.spec
cvs tag: Tagging .
T .cvsignore
T Makefile
T branch
T sources
Tagged with: gammu-1_10_0-2_fc6
-----------------------------------
Error from make build :
-----------------------------------
[SmootherFrOgZ@lxtbuild FC-6]$ make build
gammu.spec not tagged with tag gammu-1_10_0-2_fc6
make: *** [build-check] Error 1
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
same error from all branchs.
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17 years
FESCo Meeting Summary for 2007-05-17
by Brian Pepple
=== Members Present ===
* Brian Pepple (bpepple)
* Jason Tibbitts (tibbs)
* Jesse Keating (f13)
* Toshio Kuratomi (abadger1999)
* Bill Nottingham (notting)
* Kevin Fenzi (nirik)
* Dennis Gilmore (dgilmore)
* Josh Boyer (jwb)
* Warren Togami (warren)
* Jeremy Katz (jeremy)
* Tom Callaway (spot)
* Rex Dieter (rdieter)
=== Members Absent ===
* Christian Iseli (c4chris)
== Summary ==
=== Package DB ===
* It's expected that the Package DB should go into production shortly
after F7 is released.
=== Enforcement of Packaging Guidelines ===
* Long discussion on how to handle enforcement of packaging guidelines
when a package maintainer refuses to follow them. Peter Jones wrote a
proposal which FESCo will vote on next week.
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-maintainers/2007-May/msg00634.html
=== Compat Package policy ===
* jeremy is working on his proposal, and will look at completing it
after F7 is out-the-door.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/JeremyKatz/DraftCompatPackages
=== Misc ====
* tibbs is going to send an e-mail to mailing lists regarding packages
that download non-redistributable content, to get feedback from the
community.
For full IRC log:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras/SteeringCommittee/Meeting-20070517
Thanks,
/B
--
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17 years
rawhide report: 20070521 changes
by Build System
New package DMitry
Deepmagic Information Gathering Tool
New package autodir
Creates user directories on demand
New package clutter-gst
ClutterMedia interface to GStreamer
New package clutter-gtk
A basic GTK clutter widget
New package nbtscan
Tool to gather NetBIOS info from Windows networks
New package perl-Config-Any
Load configuration from different file formats, transparently
New package perl-Math-Vec
Perl Math::Vec module
New package perl-Net-IPv4Addr
Perl extension for manipulating IPv4 addresses
New package perl-Sys-Syscall
Access system calls that Perl doesn't normally provide access to
New package perl-YAML-Syck
Fast, lightweight YAML loader and dumper
New package perl-libwhisker2
Perl module geared specificly for HTTP testing
New package php-pear-File-Passwd
Manipulate many kinds of password files
New package php-pear-File-SMBPasswd
Class for managing SAMBA style password files
New package pidgin-guifications
Guifications Plugin for Pidgin
New package python-BeautifulSoup
HTML/XML parser for quick-turnaround applications like screen-scraping
New package python-Coherence
Python framework to participate in digital living networks
New package python-tag
Python bindings for TagLib to read and write music files tags
New package schismtracker
Sound module composer/player
New package scratchpad
Spatial text editor for the GNOME desktop
New package tdom
DOM parser for Tcl
New package tiquit
A PHP5-compatible help desk incident tracking/knowledgebase system
Removed package gaim-guifications
Removed package redhat-artwork-kde
Updated Packages:
TeXmacs-1.0.6.10-2.fc7
----------------------
* Mon May 14 2007 Gerard Milmeister <gemi(a)bluewin.ch> - 1.0.6.10-1
- new version 1.0.6.10
arts-8:1.5.6-4.fc7
------------------
* Tue May 15 2007 Rex Dieter <rdieter[AT]fedoraproject.org> - 6:1.5.6-4
- respin with higher release (for EVR upgrade paths)
asymptote-1.28-1.fc7
--------------------
* Tue May 08 2007 Jose Pedro Oliveira <jpo at di.uminho.pt> - 1.28-1
- Update to 1.28.
* Sat May 05 2007 Jose Pedro Oliveira <jpo at di.uminho.pt> - 1.27-1
- Update to 1.27.
eclipse-1:3.2.2-14.fc7
----------------------
* Thu May 17 2007 Ben Konrath <bkonrath(a)redhat.com> 3.2.2-14
- BR/R tomcat5 >= 5.5.23.
- Fix broken symlinks for tomcat5 5.5.23.
* Tue May 15 2007 Ben Konrath <bkonrath(a)redhat.com> 3.2.2-13
- Another bug fix for launch-addplatformtotildeeclipse.patch.
- Add BR/B tomcat >= 5.5.20 instead of just = 5.5.20.
- Resolves: #240025.
* Wed May 02 2007 Ben Konrath <bkonrath(a)redhat.com> 3.2.2-12
- Fix additional problem with launcher-addplatformtotildeeclipse.patch.
- Resolves: #238109.
fuse-2.6.5-1.fc7
----------------
* Sat May 12 2007 Peter Lemenkov <lemenkov(a)gmail.com> 2.6.5-1
- Version 2.6.5
* Thu Feb 22 2007 Peter Lemenkov <lemenkov(a)gmail.com> 2.6.3-2
- Fixed bug #229642
* Wed Feb 07 2007 Peter Lemenkov <lemenkov(a)gmail.com> 2.6.3-1
* Ver. 2.6.3
gaim-libnotify-0.12-5.fc7
-------------------------
* Fri May 18 2007 Warren Togami <wtogami(a)redhat.com> - 0.12-5
- buildreq gettext (#240604)
gtk+extra-2.1.1-4.fc7
---------------------
* Thu May 03 2007 Alain Portal <aportal[AT]univ-montp2[DOT]fr> 2.1.1-4
- Add patch to fix SF #1504169
hal-0.5.9-8.fc7
---------------
* Fri May 18 2007 - Bastien Nocera <bnocera(a)redhat.com> - 0.5.9-8
- Really add libsmbios-devel to the BRs not the Requires
* Fri May 18 2007 - Bastien Nocera <bnocera(a)redhat.com> - 0.5.9-7
- Add libsmbios-devel to the BRs so we get Dell backlight support (#239225)
iwlwifi-firmware-2.14.3-2
-------------------------
* Fri May 18 2007 Matthias Saou <http://freshrpms.net> 2.14.3-2
- Bump release (Koji Error importing RPM file. rpm already exists.)
kde-settings-3.5-26.fc7
-----------------------
* Thu May 17 2007 Rex Dieter <rdieter[AT]fedoraproject.org> 3.5-26
- omit kde-profile/default/share/icons
* Tue May 15 2007 Rex Dieter <rdieter[AT]fedoraproject.org> 3.5-25
- ksplashrc does not contain Echo (#233881)
- kdmrc: MaxShowUID=65530, so we don't see nfsnobody
- kdmrc: HiddenUsers=root (MinShowUID=500 doesn't work?)
* Tue May 15 2007 Rex Dieter <rdieter[AT]fedoraproject.org> 3.5-24
- omit FedoraFlyingHigh.kcsrc (it's now in redhat-artwork-kde)
- kdeglobals: xdg-user-dirs integration: Desktop, Documents (#238371)
kdeartwork-3.5.6-5.fc7
----------------------
* Thu May 17 2007 Rex Dieter <rdieter[AT]fedoraproject.org> 3.5.6-5
- don't include %_bindir/kxs* in main pkg
- --enable-final
* Fri May 04 2007 Rex Dieter <rdieter[AT]fedoraproject.org> 3.5.6-4
- resurrect -kxs subpkg (see also #220704)
kdebase-6:3.5.6-12.fc7
----------------------
* Thu May 17 2007 Rex Dieter <rdieter[AT]fedoraproject.org> - 6:3.5.6-12
- -extras: fix Requires: %name ... (omitting %_arch)
* Wed May 16 2007 Rex Dieter <rdieter[AT]fedoraproject.org> - 6:3.5.6-11
- fix /usr/share/config/kdm conflict with kde-settings
kdegraphics-7:3.5.6-3.fc7
-------------------------
* Fri May 04 2007 Rex Dieter <rdieter[AT]fedoraproject.org> - 7:3.5.6-3
- integrate former kdegraphics-extras bits (kuickshow, OpenEXR kfile plugin)
- drop unecessary/upstreamed kpdf-xft patch4 (kde bug #123417)
- prune pre-3.0 changelog
* Mon Mar 12 2007 Than Ngo <than(a)redhat.com> - 7:3.5.6-2.fc7
- cleanup
kdelibs-6:3.5.6-9.fc7
---------------------
* Wed May 16 2007 Rex Dieter <rdieter[AT]fedorproject.org> - 6:3.5.6-9
- make qtdocdir handling robust
- kde_settings=1
- Req: -desktop-backgrounds-basic
* Wed May 16 2007 Than Ngo <than(a)redhat.com> - 3.5.6-8.fc7
- add correct qt-version to build kde apidocs ,bz#239947
- disable kde_settings
kdemultimedia-6:3.5.6-7.fc7
---------------------------
* Wed May 16 2007 Rex Dieter <rdieter[AT]fedoraproject.org> - 6:3.5.6-7
- -extras scriptlets
* Wed May 09 2007 Rex Dieter <rdieter[AT]fedoraproject.org> - 6:3.5.6-6
- extras=1 (BR: akode-devel libsamplerate-devel taglib-devel xine-lib-devel)
* Wed Apr 18 2007 Than Ngo <than(a)redhat.com> - 6:3.5.6-4.fc7
- kaboodle, noatun, juk Split into an extra package
kernel-2.6.21-1.3167.fc7
------------------------
* Thu May 17 2007 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com>
- More GFS2 updates.
* Wed May 16 2007 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com>
- Fix ACPI suspend / device suspend ordering problem.
kudzu-1.2.71-1
--------------
* Fri May 18 2007 Bill Nottingham <notting(a)redhat.com> - 1.2.71-1
- ignore network devices such as wmasterX that aren't what we want (#239825)
* Thu Apr 19 2007 Bill Nottingham <notting(a)redhat.com> - 1.2.70-1
- don't write alsactl lines (#236918)
lam-2:7.1.2-10.fc7
------------------
* Thu May 17 2007 Doug Ledford <dledford(a)redhat.com> - 2:7.1.2-10.fc6
- Fix the sed substitutions to be global so they catch all the items
that need to be substituted
- RESOLVES: rhbz#238288
librfid-0.1.0-3.1996svn.fc7
---------------------------
* Fri May 11 2007 Kushal Das <kushal(a)openpcd.org> 0.1.0.3.1996svn
- bumping the release
linphone-1.7.1-2.fc7
--------------------
* Mon May 14 2007 Jeffrey C. Ollie <jeff(a)ocjtech.us> - 1.7.1-2
- Add patch for compiling against external GSM library.
m4-1.4.8-2.fc7
--------------
* Thu Apr 19 2007 Vitezslav Crhonek <vcrhonek(a)redhat.com> - 1.4.8-2
- Rebuild
monotone-0.35-3.fc7
-------------------
* Wed May 16 2007 Roland McGrath <roland(a)redhat.com> - 0.35-3
- Fix locale dependency in monotone-server init script. (#213893)
* Wed May 09 2007 Roland McGrath <roland(a)redhat.com> - 0.35-2
- Updated for 0.35 release.
- Avoid unnecessary "db migrate" in monotone-server init script. (#213893)
perl-Module-ScanDeps-0.74-1.fc7
-------------------------------
* Sat May 05 2007 Jose Pedro Oliveira <jpo at di.uminho.pt> - 0.74-1
- Update to 0.74.
perl-Pod-Strip-1.02-2.fc7
-------------------------
perl-Test-Warn-0.10-1.fc7
-------------------------
* Sat May 05 2007 Jose Pedro Oliveira <jpo at di.uminho.pt> - 0.10-1
- Update to 0.10.
pygpgme-0.1-5.fc7
-----------------
* Fri May 18 2007 Toshio Kuratomi <toshio(a)tiki-lounge.com> - 0.1-5
- Rebuild because of a bug in linking to an early version of the python-2.5
package,
quodlibet-1.0-1.fc7
-------------------
* Thu May 10 2007 Jeffrey C. Ollie <jeff(a)ocjtech.us> - 1.0-1
- Update to 1.0
rrdtool-1.2.23-3.fc7
--------------------
* Thu May 03 2007 Jarod Wilson <jwilson(a)redhat.com> 1.2.23-3
- Disable php bits on ppc64 for now, they fail to build
* Thu May 03 2007 Jarod Wilson <jwilson(a)redhat.com> 1.2.23-2
- Add BR: perl-devel for Fedora 7 and later
* Tue May 01 2007 Jarod Wilson <jwilson(a)redhat.com> 1.2.23-1
- New upstream release
shorewall-3.4.3-1.fc7
---------------------
* Fri May 11 2007 Robert Marcano <robert(a)marcanoonline.com> - 3.4.2-1
- Update to upstream 3.4.3
smb4k-0.8.3-1.fc7
-----------------
* Thu May 03 2007 Marcin Garski <mgarski[AT]post.pl> 0.8.3-1
- Updated to version 0.8.3
tcllib-1.9-4.fc7
----------------
* Fri May 11 2007 Wart <wart at kobold.org> - 1.9-4
- Include command line applications
transmission-0.72-1.fc7
-----------------------
* Wed May 02 2007 Denis Leroy <denis(a)poolshark.org> - 0.72-1
- Update to 0.72
- Added libevent BR
viewvc-1.0.4-1.fc7
------------------
* Tue May 15 2007 Bojan Smojver <bojan(a)rexursive.com> - 1.0.4-1
- Bump up to 1.0.4
wavpack-4.41-1.fc7
------------------
* Sat May 12 2007 Peter Lemenkov <lemenkov(a)gmail.com> 4.41-1
- Version 4.41
- Removed unnecessary --with-pic
17 years
[Guidelines Change] DistTag changes
by Tom Callaway
The DistTag guidelines (found here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/DistTag) have had some changes
committed.
There are some additional macros for DistTag that make it much easier to
conditionalize inside of spec files.
Two helper macros were added:
%{fc#} and %{el#} (where # is the value of %{fedora} or %{rhel}, respectively).
This means that if %{fedora} is set to 7, the following macro is set:
%define fc7 1
This permits easier conditionalization in spec files. For example, with
these defines, you can do:
%{?el5: a}
%{?el4: b}
%{?fc7: Requires: foo}
%{?fc6: Requires: bar}
Without these macros, you have to resort to:
%if "%rhel" == "5"
a
%endif
%if "%rhel" == "4"
b
%endif
%if "%rhel" == "3"
c
%endif
%if "%rhel" == "2"
d
%endif
Keep in mind the words of wise old Uncle Ben: With great power comes great responsibility.
Use these conditional helper macros sparingly.
Also, all references to "Fedora Core" or "Fedora Extras" were replaced by ninjas to "Fedora".
~spot
17 years
Fedora Extras Package Build Report 2007-05-21
by Fedora Koji Build System
Packages built and released for Fedora Extras 6: 9
bugzilla-3.0-1.fc6
fail2ban-0.8.0-4.fc6
freenx-0.6.0-12.fc6
(!) nagios-2.7-2.fc6 : INVALID rebuild, not published!
ntfs-config-1.0-0.2.beta1.fc6
nx-2.1.0-19.fc6
scons-0.97-1.fc6
scribes-0.3.2.5-1.fc6
tkcvs-8.0.4-1.fc6
Packages built and released for Fedora Extras 5: 3
fail2ban-0.8.0-4.fc5
freenx-0.6.0-12.fc5
nx-2.1.0-19.fc5
Changes in Fedora Extras 6:
bugzilla-3.0-1.fc6
------------------
* Fri May 18 2007 John Berninger <jwb at redhat dot com> - 3.0-1
- update to upstream version 3.0
- add new dependencies on mod_perl, perl-SOAP-Lite
- refactor patch(es) to change paths for read-only /usr
fail2ban-0.8.0-4.fc6
--------------------
* Sat May 19 2007 Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm(a)ATrpms.net> - 0.8.0-4
- Update to 0.8.0.
- enable ssh by default, fix log file for ssh scanning, adjust python
dependency (Jonathan Underwood <jonathan.underwood(a)gmail.com>)
freenx-0.6.0-12.fc6
-------------------
* Mon Feb 19 2007 Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm(a)ATrpms.net> - 0.6.0-9
- Update to 0.6.0.
nagios-2.7-2.fc6
----------------
* Tue Feb 06 2007 Mike McGrath <imlinux(a)gmail.com> 2.7-2
- Upstream released 2.7
ntfs-config-1.0-0.2.beta1.fc6
-----------------------------
* Sat May 19 2007 Xavier Lamien <lxtnow(a)gamil.com> - 1.0-0.2.beta1
- fixed typo from dist tag.
* Wed May 16 2007 Xavier Lamien <lxtnow(a)gmail.com> - 1.0-0.1.beta1
- Updated Release.
- Fixed missing mkinstalldir from Makefile.
* Sun Mar 25 2007 Xavier Lamien <lxtnow(a)gmail.com> - 0.5.5-3
- Fixed default permission for executable file.
- Updated url source from upstream.
nx-2.1.0-19.fc6
---------------
* Mon Feb 19 2007 Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm(a)ATrpms.net> - 2.1.0-18
- Update to 2.1.0 (4th? maintenance release).
scons-0.97-1.fc6
----------------
* Mon May 21 2007 Gerard Milmeister <gemi(a)bluewin.ch> - 0.97-1
- new version 0.97
* Thu May 10 2007 Gerard Milmeister <gemi(a)bluewin.ch> - 0.96.96-1
- new version 0.96.96
scribes-0.3.2.5-1.fc6
---------------------
* Sat May 19 2007 Peter Gordon <peter(a)thecodergeek.com> - 0.3.2.5-1
- Update to new upstream release (0.3.2.5).
- Sync various spec file fixes from devel and F-7 branches.
* Sat Apr 28 2007 Peter Gordon <peter(a)thecodergeek.com> - 0.3.2.2-1
- Update to new upstream release (0.3.2.2).
- Drop fix-Job.py-print-header-path fix (merged upstream):
- fix-Job.py-print-header-path.patch
* Tue Apr 24 2007 Peter Gordon <peter(a)thecodergeek.com> - 0.3.2.1-1
- Update to new upstream release (0.3.2.1).
- Add patch to fix the header of print jobs (incomplete filenames):
+ fix-Job.py-print-header-path.patch
- Move %configure call to %build stage (%prep should only be source
unpacking/patching/etc).
- Reorder scriptlets (aesthetic change only).
tkcvs-8.0.4-1.fc6
-----------------
* Mon May 21 2007 Gerard Milmeister <gemi(a)bluewin.ch> - 8.0.4-1
- new version 8.0.4
Changes in Fedora Extras 5:
fail2ban-0.8.0-4.fc5
--------------------
* Sat May 19 2007 Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm(a)ATrpms.net> - 0.8.0-4
- Update to 0.8.0.
- enable ssh by default, fix log file for ssh scanning, adjust python
dependency (Jonathan Underwood <jonathan.underwood(a)gmail.com>)
freenx-0.6.0-12.fc5
-------------------
* Mon Feb 19 2007 Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm(a)ATrpms.net> - 0.6.0-9
- Update to 0.6.0.
nx-2.1.0-19.fc5
---------------
* Mon Feb 19 2007 Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm(a)ATrpms.net> - 2.1.0-18
- Update to 2.1.0 (4th? maintenance release).
For more information about the built packages please see the repository
or the Fedora Info Feed: http://fedoraproject.org/infofeed/
17 years
Kde package update problems.
by David Hunter
When I try to update the following packages:
kdebase-3.5.6-10.fc7.i386.rpm
kde-settings-3.5-23.fc7.noarch.rpm
kdelibs-3.5.6-7.fc7.i386.rpm
kde-settings-kdm-3.5-23.fc7.noarch.rpm
I get the following error message(s):
Preparing... ###########################################
[100%]
file /etc/kde/kdm/Xaccess conflicts between attempted installs of
kde-settings-kdm-3.5-23.fc7 and kdebase-3.5.6-10.fc7
file /etc/kde/kdm/Xsession conflicts between attempted installs of
kde-settings-kdm-3.5-23.fc7 and kdebase-3.5.6-10.fc7
file /etc/kde/kdm/Xsetup conflicts between attempted installs of
kde-settings-kdm-3.5-23.fc7 and kdebase-3.5.6-10.fc7
file /etc/kde/kdm/Xwilling conflicts between attempted installs of
kde-settings-kdm-3.5-23.fc7 and kdebase-3.5.6-10.fc7
file /etc/kde/kdm/backgroundrc conflicts between attempted installs
of kde-settings-kdm-3.5-23.fc7 and kdebase-3.5.6-10.fc7
file /etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc conflicts between attempted installs of
kde-settings-kdm-3.5-23.fc7 and kdebase-3.5.6-10.fc7
file /usr/share/config/kdm conflicts between attempted installs of
kde-settings-kdm-3.5-23.fc7 and kdebase-3.5.6-10.fc7
What is the problem? How can I fix it?
--
David Hunter
17 years
Suggestion: separate gecko package?
by Martin Sourada
Hi guys,
I just though a little about how effective (or rather the opposite) my Fedora
installation is regarding web software. I mean, I use, for various reasons,
epiphany which needs gecko to run, liferea feed reader which uses gecko
(optionally?), listen which uses gecko via python bindings, etc. and firefox -
which I do not use - to provide the gecko libraries. And what more? I have TWO
geckos in my machine! Thunderbird has its own one.
I don't want to complain much more about it, but I just thought it would be more
effective if gecko, as is usual with linux libraries, would be distributed
separately from firefox/thunderbird/seamonkey and maybe even those patched to
use shared gecko instead of their own. While it would make development of
mozilla web software harder, I think it would have great benefit for development
of many other packages which depends on gecko-libs and in turn need to be
rebuilt every time firefox is updated. Also I think it would make sense if we'd
cooperate with mozilla in this case as much as possible.
What do you think? Is it reasonable? Is it even possible? Does it make sense to
you? I just would like to bring a discussion about this and maybe offer some
help with it afterwards (in case we would chose to make it separate).
Thanks,
Martin
17 years
