Re: PPC SHA-1 Updates in "pu"

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Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>

Date

Jun 25, 2006, 01:24 UTC

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<20060625012435.GZ21864@pasky.or.cz>

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<7vhd2atid1.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

> Pasky, can we first iron out kinks in the build procedure and
> installation before converting existing programs further?

Sure.

> The things I worry about currently are:
> 
>  - the SITELIBARCH gotcha I sent you a message about (and you
>    responded to it already -- was that an Acked-by?);

Yes. :-)

>  - RPM target -- we probably acquired a new build-dependency in
>    which case the .spec file needs to be updated;

>  - Make sure Git.xs builds and installed result works fine on
>    all platforms we care about, including Cygwin and other
>    non-Linux boxes.

Unfortunately I don't have access to a lot of those. :-(

> I'd even suggest we revert the changes to git-fmt-merge-msg to
> keep it working for now, until the above worries are resolved.
> Otherwise we cannot have it in "next" safely (and I REALLY _do_
> want to have Git.pm infrastructure in "next" soonish).

Yes, that sounds reasonable.

> We can start using Git.xs and friends in some _new_ ancillary
> programs, once we solve building and installing problems for
> everybody.  That way it would help us gain portability and
> confidence without disrupting existing users.

-- 
				Petr "Pasky" Baudis
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A person is just about as big as the things that make them angry.