GNOME updates for F16

[Adam Williamson]

On Wed, 2011-07-27 at 18:33 -0400, Matthias Clasen wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-07-27 at 15:00 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:
> > On Wed, 2011-07-27 at 17:45 -0400, Matthias Clasen wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I have started to build GNOME 3.1.4 updates for F16 on Monday.
> > > Unfortunately, the branching cut in right between me building a
> > > soname-bumping cogl and everything that depends on it. I have now
> > > established a side target, f16-gnome, for building interdependent
> > > updates without the forced wait due to updates-testing. I think I got
> > > all cogl dependencies in the desktop rebuilt, and have filed a bodhi
> > > update with all those builds.
> > > 
> > > There is still more 3.1.4 updates to do, and I am going on vacation
> > > tomorrow, so it would be great if other people (Richard, Tomas, Colin ?)
> > > could chime in and get the remaining builds done.
> > > 
> > > Don't forget that
> > > a) you must switch to the f16 branch in git 
> > > b) we have to file bodhi updates for all F16 builds now
> > 
> > Please try and file the Bodhi updates for *coherent groups of packages
> > together*. This avoids the problem where we get some updates through but
> > not the updates for other packages that depend on them, and so on. One
> > update per package is not a good way to do it. Thanks!
> 
> The mega update has the 'somebody always finds an issue' problem to ever
> get sufficient karma...

Well, groups of packages that together satisfy dependencies and will
work independent of other updates is enough. We can manage the negative
karma issue as well; if you have that problem, let me know, and I'll
deal with it.
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