[Rpm-maint] simplification

seth vidal skvidal at linux.duke.edu
Thu Dec 14 22:25:44 UTC 2006


On Thu, 2006-12-14 at 17:20 -0500, Max Spevack wrote:
> So, one of our stated goals is starting with the RPM 4.4.2 codebase and 
> figuring out some of the possible simplifications.
> 
> Let me ask the obvious question -- why not start by taking the rpm man 
> page, going through it, and having the conversation around which features 
> or areas make sense, which need work, which could be removed/deprecated, 
> etc?
> 
> We've made some bold claims of our goals -- time to also start talking 
> publicly about the work we are doing towards them.
> 

I think that's sorta what we're talking about in the thread off of
James' hg tree.

Essentially, what do we need rpm to do - but talking specifically about
features.

-sv





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