mingw32->mingw transition?

[Erik van Pienbroek]

Thomas Sailer schreef op do 05-05-2011 om 17:59 [+0200]:
> Hi Erik,
> 
> the new mingw guidelines seem to create a bit of a migration issue;
> since the source package name changes, there probably needs to be new
> repositories created for all mingw32 packages for f16+
> 
> Is there going to be a mass migration of some sort? or do we need to
> re-review all packages?
> 
> And how am I going to request a new package repository with different
> names for <=f15 and >=f16?
> 
> The problem right now is that the new guidelines seem to confuse Jason
> Tibbitts to the point where he refuses SCM requests...
> 
> Tom
> 

Hi Thomas,

I just replied to the review ticket about the current situation.

With regard to your question about migration: there isn't any clear plan
yet to mass-rename all mingw32-* packages. According to the regular
proces we've got to file rename requests for all mingw32-* packages and
have them re-reviewed. But as we're close to 100 different mingw32-*
packages this isn't really a feasible method. Perhaps we can ask FeSCO
to give us an exception so we can mass-rename all mingw32-* packages
without having to get everything through the review proces again.

Kind regards,

Erik van Pienbroek