Path: csiph.com!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!aioe.org!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Nikolaus Rath Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.python Subject: Re: Rebuild for packages with entry points? Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2015 17:50:01 +0100 Message-ID: References: X-Original-To: debian-python@lists.debian.org X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-python-request@lists.debian.org Tue Dec 8 16:49:14 2015 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.62 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, FOURLA=0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=-0.01, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=-0.01] autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate: -7 Dkim-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-sasl-enc:x-sasl-enc; s=smtpout; bh=3Slu70T41Vs8dPb 1cvrBt0KrAxs=; b=eqXDe0d22UnRWa8hsvP6ltK5V+0y1qSCpCYC2IA8YjluJwS fwfG1y4VE5zMsKbYYG3n0d+GpQUOTTTvPOyPlci/UIULdD048TxViG4jqZwpURpN 9VqGLZtbVwkA2xkmhLV092lGnIna3Hvdr39U8Lhpbzf3zQuRmsblC3ukPJm8= X-Sasl-Enc: FFkPY8GfjaGJ+wvatxVTQKPMGefzmLrv8AZEL7h/+68s 1449593326 Mail-Copies-To: never Mail-Followup-To: debian-python@lists.debian.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.130014 (Ma Gnus v0.14) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/13271 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/87wpsorimr.fsf@thinkpad.rath.org Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 29 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2015 08:48:44 -0800 X-Original-Message-ID: <87wpsorimr.fsf@thinkpad.rath.org> X-Original-References: <87mvtmt8yx.fsf@thinkpad.rath.org> <20151207140022.1e7f9e19@limelight.wooz.org> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.python:7955 On Dec 07 2015, Barry Warsaw wrote: > On Dec 07, 2015, at 10:22 AM, Nikolaus Rath wrote: > >>Would it make sense to do a no-change rebuild for all Python packages >>that use setuptool's entry point functionality? >> >>It'd be nice to have https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/issues/443/ >>fixed in stretch. I believe most packages will see new releases anyway >>(and thus get the change), but I believe there are at least some >>packages that are rarely touched... > > I'm also not sure how many packages it affects in practice. We could als= o let > rebuilds be bug-driven. Aeh, you know about a bug and you want to delay fixing it until someone has reporeds it for every affected package? This seems like a pretty inconsiderate waste of time for both users and maintainers. Best, -Nikolaus --=20 GPG encrypted emails preferred. Key id: 0xD113FCAC3C4E599F Fingerprint: ED31 791B 2C5C 1613 AF38 8B8A D113 FCAC 3C4E 599F =C2=BBTime flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a Banana.=C2= =AB