[MTOS-dev] RPMs?

[Dominic Hargreaves]

On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 03:42:22PM -0800, Brad Choate wrote:
> I don't think that file has been updated in a while.
> 
> Here is a list (from http://wiki.movabletype.org/Packaging_Project#Redistributed_with_Core) 
>   of the extlib modules, the version # we include with MT and the  
> current (as of this writing) version on CPAN.
> 
> We do update these modules from time to time, but we're very cautious  
> in doing so. It requires us to do more aggressive regression testing,  
> and even then, there are always unforeseen side effects with various  
> environments that exist in the wild.

[snip very informative list]

> (* The code for Data::ObjectDriver and TheSchwartz is pulled from a  
> checkout from code.sixapart.com, not from CPAN. The distribution on  
> CPAN in this case may not be the very latest version required by MT.  
> Therefore, it may be more appropriate to move these modules under  
> 'lib'.)

Ah, okay, that's useful to know. Do you have any plans to update those
two on CPAN as it's certainly the preferred option. Otherwise I'll need
to patch the versions in my Debian packages from SVN directly if they
are hard requirements.

Also, there don't seem to be any tags for TheSchwartz 1.06 in
http://code.sixapart.com/svn/TheSchwartz/ - what's the best way to fetch
that, in the absense of a CPAN release?

> Of these, the ones that are not up to date are:

[snip another list]

Cheers,

Dominic.

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