ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs-2011.4.12

[Tom Callaway]

On 04/15/2011 10:00 AM, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> Well in any case it's happened, but I can't rebuild libguestfs in F15.
> I get[1]:
> 
>   DEBUG util.py:247:  Error: No Package found for ntfsprogs
> 
> which seems strange because it should be provided by the new combined
> package.

Hmm. It looks like dist-f15-build doesn't inherit from
dist-f15-updates-testing (which makes sense). When I migrated ntfsprogs
into an ntfs-3g subpackage, I retired the ntfsprogs standalone package
and had it blocked from F15+. So, right now, we're in a window between
the ntfs-3g package going into dist-f15-updates and the ntfsprogs
standalone block.

If you can't wait, you can request an buildroot override tag for
ntfs-3g-2011.4.12-1.fc15.

As to why I pushed this update, there are a few reasons:

* The existing ntfsprogs hadn't really had any love for quite some time,
the 2.0.0 release was held together with a lot of spit and chewing gum.
The ntfs-3g upstream (which is very active/responsive) took over the
ntfsprogs code, cleaned it up, applied all the distro patches they could
find (including all of Fedora's) and hooked it into libntfs-3g. In the
process, they fixed several bugs. Given that ntfsprogs is used during
anaconda for ntfs operations, I figured it was worthwhile to include in F15.

I've just filed https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697008 and
proposed it as a F!5Blocker.

* As a general rule, I push ntfs-3g updates to all active targets,
because every bugfix release they do resolves issues that have the
potential to cause data corruption or loss. I definitely appreciate
testing of these updates, but the ntfs-3g track record is rather
impressive (they have a formal RC/final workflow which helps a lot), so
I have a high degree of confidence in the update quality.

Apologies for the confusion,

~tom

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