From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kristian =?ISO-8859-1?Q?H=F8gsberg?= Subject: Re: [PATCH] Rename git-core rpm to just git and rename the meta-pacakge to git-all. Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:37:48 -0500 Message-ID: <1203111468.18847.1.camel@gaara.boston.redhat.com> References: <1203100163-17509-1-git-send-email-krh@redhat.com> <47B5FF57.5080204@op5.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Andreas Ericsson X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Feb 15 22:38:50 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 1JQ8Ga-00011z-86 for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:38:44 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755889AbYBOVh6 convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:37:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751382AbYBOVh6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:37:58 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:37734 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755889AbYBOVh4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:37:56 -0500 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m1FLbrOU020011; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:37:53 -0500 Received: from pobox.corp.redhat.com (pobox.corp.redhat.com [10.11.255.20]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m1FLbrBh000589; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:37:53 -0500 Received: from [192.168.1.105] (dhcp83-9.boston.redhat.com [172.16.83.9]) by pobox.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m1FLbr29031875; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:37:53 -0500 In-Reply-To: <47B5FF57.5080204@op5.se> X-Mailer: Evolution 2.21.4 (2.21.4-1.fc9) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.58 on 172.16.52.254 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Fri, 2008-02-15 at 22:08 +0100, Andreas Ericsson wrote: > Kristian H=C3=B8gsberg wrote: > > --- > >=20 > > 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 decis= ion > > 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 i= nstalling > > git-core by now, but myself and most of my Red Hat co-workers (who = should > > know a thing or two about rpm packaging) have been fooled by the 'g= it' > > rpm that pulls in everything. There's really no precendence for th= is, quite > > the opposite: you wouldn't expect yum install gcc to pull in fortra= n, right? > >=20 > > The patch below only affects people who know that 'git' is a metapa= ckage > > and actually use that to pull in everything (but who does?). The p= atch > > renames the 'git-core' rpm to just 'git', but adds a 'Provides: git= -core' > > there so people who have trained themselves to say yum install git-= core > > wont get burned. > >=20 >=20 > Neat, and very nicely done. However, why not add "git-extras" package= as > meta-package that does what just plain "git" package used to do, and > mentioning the git-extras rpm in the %description of git's package? It's already there, I called it git-all though. Mentioning it in the git rpm description is a good idea. How about this wording: "Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations and full access to internals. The git rpm installs the core tools with minimal dependencies. To install all git packages, including tools for integrating with other SCMs, install the git-all meta-package." Kristian