[Releasing] Testing: 08/22/2012 + linux-g++ [fail]

[Thiago Macieira]

On quarta-feira, 22 de agosto de 2012 12.58.29, lars.knoll at nokia.com wrote:
> There is no split source package currently, and I don't see this happening
> for the beta neither.

I'm calling that a showstopper.

Here's why:

The split sources is the preferred way of building packages in Linux 
distributions, which is in turn one of our main channels to users. I've looked 
at the build scripts used in the Qt 5 PPA for Ubuntu, in the KDE:Qt50 OpenSUSE 
OBS, in Mer's packaging and even the one I'm keeping for Tizen: they're all 
split-source based.

Distribution binary packages is probably the channel that reaches the largest 
number of users, so it's a mistake to ignore it.

Using the monolithic package in the distro is not acceptable. For one thing, 
it would require rewriting the build scripts that have been developed for 
months. For another, it would make one very large bottleneck in the build 
process, since that build process is not distributable to many build nodes. 

Finally, remember that after 5.0 we might have different release cycles for 
some of the modules. Those need to be released in separate packages anyway, 
which means they need to be tested now. Not to mention that some distros will 
have difficulty updating portions of a monolithic package.

Therefore, the 5.0 final *must* include split sources.

Since it's a requirement for the final, it needs to be tested during the beta.

-- 
Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
  Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center
     Intel Sweden AB - Registration Number: 556189-6027
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