Drupal Versioning in EPEL

[Jon Ciesla]

Eric "Sparks" Christensen wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 13:28, Jon Ciesla <limb at jcomserv.net> wrote:
>   
>> Eric "Sparks" Christensen wrote:
>>     
>>> On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 13:09, Jon Ciesla <limb at jcomserv.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Eric "Sparks" Christensen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 11:01, Sven Lankes <sven at lank.es> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 10:47:49AM -0400, Eric Sparks Christensen wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>>>> And it's now basically decided that I need to take the X out of the
>>>>>>>>> EVR for all modules, and transtion drupal* to drupal6* in rawhide, and
>>>>>>>>> to drupal5* in EL-5? If this is correct, I'll get on it this week.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>                   
>>>>>>>> Unless we want to suggest a change to the FPC which I wouldn't know how
>>>>>>>> to justify.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'll change my pending review request to use drupal6* and only request
>>>>>>>> branches for F15 and EL.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>                 
>>>>>>> In my opinion this needs to happen.  Let's put together a request for
>>>>>>> the FPC or whoever to evaluate.  This shouldn't be a big deal and we
>>>>>>> are not going to get anywhere just going back and forth here.
>>>>>>> Clearly there is a need here and we can make this happen sooner.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>> Correct me if I'm wrong but I feel that we have now agreed on:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  1. rename drupal to drupal6 in F15+
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>>> Why are we waiting for F15?  Why can't this be done for F14 and
>>>>> previous?  The update would essentially be a package replacement
>>>>> without any configuration change; a trivial change for sysadmins.
>>>>>
>>>>> --Eric
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>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> It can, but what would the benefit be to those sysadmins?
>>>>
>>>> -J
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> I just thought it would be easier to maintain the package and it would
>>> allow those using versions of Fedora <F15 to have access to the
>>> modules.
>>>
>>> --Eric
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>> How so?  All currently supported Fedora releases have drupal==6.  If we
>> rename everything to drupal6 in rawhide, this won't change.  It's not
>> like we're creating a drupal5.  Maybe I'm not understanding what you
>> mean, exactly.
>>
>> -J
>>     
>
> If the drupal6 modules require drupal6 then those modules won't be
> available to those running drupal 6.x because it is a different
> package name.  So you'll either have to make those modules require
> either drupal6 or drupal 6.x or you'll have to make a drupal6 module
> and a drupal 6.x module.
>
> --Eric
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Oh, sorry, yes, that's part of the plan.  The 6.x issue is simply a 
problem in the EVR, which is separate, though related to, the 
drupal/drupal6 issue.

-J

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