Re: Proposal for "common" repository

On Wed, 2020-04-01 at 12:12 +0100, Devrim Gündüz wrote:
> So, to avoid these two issues, I'm inclined to make a few changes:
> 
> Git repo:
> 
> - Rename the current "common" directory (which handles Makefiles) to "global"
> directory (to avoid confusion)
> 
> - Make sure that common and "non-common" packages are in separate directories
> in git, so I'll move many packages to a new subdir
> 
> - Adjust makefiles in global, and invent new directories for those common RPMs
> (Should be easy by altering _srcrpmdir and _rpmdir variables there), and new
> targets for those common RPMs.
> 
> So, this will definitely break lots of things, but I feel like I have to bite
> this bullet anyway.
> 
> Any comments, objections?

Will this break regular updates like "yum upgrade"?

If yes, then I am a bit doubtful.
That would make many people unhappy and lead to people running outdated
minor releases.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe