xulrunner.spec and ac bcond

Pawel Golaszewski blues at pld-linux.org
Sat Dec 20 14:04:39 CET 2008


On Fri, 19 Dec 2008, wrobell wrote:
> > > as i know we have ac branch for ac distro line. what's the point of 
> > > ac bcond in xulrunner.spec?
> > I think it's good direction when the difference is only in BR's or 
> > some simple configure options. There is no point in branching for so 
> > simple things.
> it is messy as you need to look at distro line i 3 ways
> - trunk (no changes)
> - ac branch
> - and now ac bcond

No, there should be always AC branch/tag for last version that s prepared 
for AC.
It's easier to move tag/branch than merge changes.

> and i bet it will kick our asses sooner or later. people will abuse the 
> bcond thing. moreover, it already happens with python-psycopg2.spec to 
> build psycopg with python 2.4. we will end up with mess.

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