On Wed, 28 May 2003, Emmanuel Seyman wrote:
> On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 02:40:37AM -0600, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote:
> >
> > My question is, why hasn't Red Hat fixed this problem yet?
>
> Jeff Johnson has released new versions of rpm 4.x but these
> apparently still have issues.
>
> <URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=89290>
A bug report is not always meritorious. If it cannot be
reproduced, any number of factors -- dodgy ram, local
packages, local configuration variances -- all might come into
play and if the receiver of the report cannot reproduce it, it
will eventually be closed.
I worked in IRC and by email with the reporter on that bug in
the timeframe of that report. It turns out he filed a bug
which is non-reproduceable on a clean install. I released a
build inventory system to diagnose the fault variance, and
announced that GPL'd build recorder to three mailing lists in
which he participates.
ftp://ftp.owlriver.com/pub/local/ORC/packaging/ORC_flow_build
Based on much good feedback, it is a much better script today.
(Thanks Andreas, Ville and Greg)
Announcement:
http://www.fedora.us/pipermail/fedora-devel/2003-April/000963.html
The reporter chose not to respond to my analysis and request
for additional information.
http://www.fedora.us/pipermail/fedora-devel/2003-April/001094.html
Or for many months to a BSD licensed outline seeking to get to
systematic QA on third-party packaging:
http://www.owlriver.com/projects/fedora/fedora-flow.txt
This is not the say that the current RPM.ORG rpm's signed by
JBJ (similar to the latest -ac kernel, or an HavocP gnome
goodie) and at:
ftp://ftp.rpm.org/pub/rpm/dist/rpm-4.1.x/
- and-
ftp://ftp.rpm.org/pub/rpm/dist/rpm-4.2.x/
released 5/13 (a month after the Bugzilla in question) are
perfect. I am certain, as with every human undertaking, that
there is room for improvement. Come join the rpm-list and
help hammer on it.
As to why _Red Hat_ as a distribution vendor has not issued a
formal QA release for the RHL 8.0 variant -- released last
September and so 8 months old, it seems a fair question.
What in the _world_ is the hold up there?
-- Russ herrold
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