From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jakub Narebski Subject: Re: [PATCH] Rename git-core rpm to just git and rename the meta-pacakge to git-all. Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:36:50 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: References: <1203100163-17509-1-git-send-email-krh@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: =?iso-8859-15?q?Kristian_H=F8gsberg?= X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Feb 15 20:38:04 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JQ6Nk-0006wd-Hv for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:38:01 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750978AbYBOTg6 convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:36:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751096AbYBOTg6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:36:58 -0500 Received: from fk-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.128.188]:5364 "EHLO fk-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750881AbYBOTg5 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:36:57 -0500 Received: by fk-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id z23so849150fkz.5 for ; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:36:52 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:received:x-authentication-warning:to:cc:subject:references:from:in-reply-to:message-id:lines:user-agent:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:date; bh=CzHm7Uu0++k2SIT2IDsUqCwepwYXK0qKx2nuf8GfEB8=; b=hrrR2u9OPdfw4wCQSq3itlZXZSUa7xG6nZHKT2sS6vjEJfXryrAVTT72RmBbA95yvwq2yd0zrRY6zOcD+Mx1AxKuTBKSogIm6cVaeq5MoKTIV1g/Ncv9qDQK6RHpYFM447rlL3JZARehrI49TnVsqH4YKJflGvbKrSk94G0wMLA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=x-authentication-warning:to:cc:subject:references:from:in-reply-to:message-id:lines:user-agent:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:date; b=suGCtBTlNPkbCYooZrN8wqhMSbGSEoTgiXqvq/tKWBORn61hBKecxi9YzhKYLerCmd/qnjbCTK4Jdest4Ng31my2dtcpMeHWs34vPFJBp2lyvzeSow1r0fP3Bis1tWmD0LAqfeoomdbw6bHt7AHz2SaqRSksNwgU1MC6SH4uzjs= Received: by 10.82.150.20 with SMTP id x20mr4003677bud.31.1203104212152; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:36:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost.localdomain ( [83.8.221.186]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id b33sm7160395ika.5.2008.02.15.11.36.49 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:36:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id m1FJaFbV006461; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:36:25 +0100 Received: (from jnareb@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id m1FJZw69006457; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:35:58 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: jnareb set sender to jnareb@gmail.com using -f In-Reply-To: <1203100163-17509-1-git-send-email-krh@redhat.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Kristian H=F8gsberg writes: > So here's change to fix my favorite annoyance with the git rpm > packaging: don't pull in tla when I say yum install git! The decisio= n > to make 'git' a metapackage is to say the least unconventional and > continues to surprise people (here's today discussion: > http://marc.info/?t=3D120309228600004&r=3D1&w=3D2). >=20 > I know it's late and most people who use the git rpms are used to ins= talling > git-core by now, but myself and most of my Red Hat co-workers (who sh= ould > know a thing or two about rpm packaging) have been fooled by the 'git= ' > rpm that pulls in everything. There's really no precendence for this= , quite > the opposite: you wouldn't expect yum install gcc to pull in fortran,= right? I think I'd rather have git RPM as metapackage, but not such wide one. I'd like for git RPM to install git-core, git-email, git, git-gui and perl-Git; I agree that bits about interaction with other SCMs should be not included in git (meta)package, as this requires to actually have all those SCMs... Just my 2 eurocents --=20 Jakub Narebski Poland ShadeHawk on #git