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From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] gnu: python-2: Update to 2.7.11
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 14:19:51 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <877ffj4520.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <571F30BA.4030704@crazy-compilers.com> (Hartmut Goebel's message of "Tue, 26 Apr 2016 11:11:22 +0200")

Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com> skribis:

> Am 22.04.2016 um 08:52 schrieb Ricardo Wurmus:
>> Rebuilding the Python package would result in a forced rebuild of all
>> dependent packages.  Our build farm isn’t fast enough to rebuild that
>> much in time, so we would have an uncomfortable window during which a
>> lot of packages would have to be built from source.  By having a
>
> Thanks for the explanation, this is quite reasonable. I'll check core
> updates the next time.

“python updates” even.  :-)

> Regarding the bug-fix updates for Python: I'd not expect any problems,
> since these updates are bug-fixes only and the byte-code does not change
> within a series (2.7.x, 3.4.x). So grafting could be an option here, too.

I would prefer to restrict grafts to security fixes, primarily because
they have possibly surprising side effects on the UI.

Ludo’.

  reply	other threads:[~2016-04-27 12:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-04-21 20:18 [PATCH 0/2] Update Python to current versions Hartmut Goebel
2016-04-21 20:18 ` [PATCH 1/2] gnu: python-2: Update to 2.7.11 Hartmut Goebel
2016-04-21 21:20   ` Efraim Flashner
2016-04-22  6:42     ` Hartmut Goebel
2016-04-22  6:52       ` Ricardo Wurmus
2016-04-26  9:11         ` Hartmut Goebel
2016-04-27 12:19           ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2016-04-21 20:18 ` [PATCH 2/2] gnu: python: Update to 3.4.4 Hartmut Goebel
2016-04-21 23:12 ` [PATCH 0/2] Update Python to current versions Cyril Roelandt
2016-04-22  1:57   ` Efraim Flashner
2016-04-22  6:41   ` Hartmut Goebel
2016-04-24  0:18     ` Leo Famulari
2016-04-24 21:43       ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-04-25 19:07         ` Leo Famulari
2016-04-26  9:28       ` Hartmut Goebel
2016-04-27 16:55         ` Leo Famulari
2016-04-27 18:05           ` Hartmut Goebel

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