[csw-maintainers] Uncommitted packages in experimental

Dagobert Michelsen dam at opencsw.org
Thu Jun 2 23:38:39 CEST 2011


Hi,

Am 02.06.2011 um 23:31 schrieb rupert THURNER:
> 2011/6/2 Maciej Bliziński <maciej at opencsw.org>
> Hello fellow maintainers,
> 
> Currently, packages tagged uncommitted are not included in the experimental catalogs. I find that I often want to try installing packages before I commit code to the repository. To do that, I write shell scripts to push packages out, then run gunzip and pkgadd. It would be easier if my uncommitted packages were available for installation from experimental.
> 
> Do others think it's a good idea to allow uncommitted packages in experimental?
> 
> imo it would be better to keep it transparent for others - i.e. if the package is public, the source which was used to get it is as well public.

+1 for me. What's wrong with an early commit? It helps making the work available
to others.


Best regards

  -- Dago


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