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From: Simon Riggs <[email protected]>
To: Dave Page <[email protected]>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <[email protected]>
Cc: Devrim GÜNDÜZ <[email protected]>
Cc: Scott Mead <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Linux Downloads page change
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 12:25:33 +0100
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On 9 July 2012 12:21, Dave Page <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 12:19 PM, Simon Riggs <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 9 July 2012 10:44, Dave Page <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> It gets pushed periodically when I remember to do it (or someone
>>> reminds me), which I guess you've forgotten given that we've had this
>>> exact same discussion before.
>>
>> That highlights a key flaw.
>>
>> If we distribute RPMs then the SRPMs should exactly match. If they
>> don't, that's a pretty serious set of bugs we're introducing.
>>
>> Can I suggest that the process be changed? Push the SRPM code, then
>> generate RPMs from the released SRPM code. That way there is no
>> opportunity to forget anything. This is a substantial security
>> concern, not just a forgotten task.
>>
>> Perhaps it would be useful to have a "build farm" that builds the RPMs
>> from SRPMs automatically, then we will have no need for manually
>> updating the RPMs at all. (And I mean build all binaries from publicly
>> available build scripts).
>
> We're not talking about RPMs here.

I am discussing the relationship of SRPMs and RPMs, which is a valid
point on this thread given the point that the RPMs and SRPMs have been
mismatched for some time and that the current process calls for manual
rather than automatic synchronisation.

-- 
 Simon Riggs                   http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
 PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services



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