Re: core-update scope

[Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net>]

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Andy Tai <atai@atai.org> writes:

> Hi, shall changes to non-core packages like ffmpeg still be in the
> scope of core-updates?
>
> ffmpeg, for example, is no where near the core of the GNU system like
> glibc, but still it is widely dependent upon.   But it would make no
> sense to have a ffmpeg-team because it is used by packages over wide
> areas, KDE, GNOME and others.   It is not well defined in a package
> realm like GNOME packages.
>
> The last core-update branch was used to update ffmpeg.  This seems to
> still better to be true or to remain the same, no?

It doesn't seem like a core package to me, but also every branch doesn't
need a team. It's fine to have a ffmpeg or ffmpeg-update branch and just
bump that one package.

There's a balance to be struck in grouping packages together to both
minimise builds but also make changes easier to test.

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