gtkmm24 updates to F13 (was Re: What are the rules for which package we build against in F-13)

[Denis Leroy]

On 04/07/2010 09:35 AM, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Wed, 07 Apr 2010 08:37:25 +0200, Denis wrote:
>
>> On 04/07/2010 08:30 AM, Mamoru Tasaka wrote:
>>> Denis Leroy wrote, at 04/07/2010 03:20 PM +9:00:
>>>> On 03/08/2010 04:37 PM, Josh Boyer wrote:
>>>>> The buildroots are populated from packages in the:
>>>>>
>>>>> dist-f13
>>>>> dist-f13-override
>>>>> dist-f12-updates
>>>>>
>>>>> tags.  If a package isn't in one of those tags, it's not going to be in the
>>>>> buildroot.  If you need to build against a newer version of a package, then you
>>>>> need to file a ticket on the rel-eng trac instance asking for a buildroot
>>>>> override (which will get it tagged into dist-f13-override).
>>>>
>>>> Sorry to revive this old thread, but does this imply that one cannot use
>>>> 'make chain-build' for F-13 updates then ?
>>>
>>> Yes.
>>
>> Thanks Mamoru-san,
>>
>> Well, this is not the most motivating news.
>
> How easy is it for releng to create a custom buildroot/tag, which
> could be used instead of working with an override tag?

Yikes, I'm pretty stumped. How can we deal with such a burdensome 
process for something that is not even released yet ? Unfortunately I do 
not have the spare time nor the patience to go through with it, I will 
have to pass the buck on this. Heck I can't even create scratch builds 
for my own testing.

-denis