Re: [evolution-patches] patch for bug 45504

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 06:36, Dan Mills wrote:
> On 2003.Oct.9, at 03:55  PM, Ettore Perazzoli wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 12:26, Mark Gordon wrote:
> >> On Tue, 2003-10-07 at 23:19, Not Zed wrote:
> >>
> >>> I dont know how much effort a custom build is - if we can just put it
> >>> in, let it filter through to the snapshots (are they being built for
> >>> 7.3?), and retract it later, perhaps ...
>
> "retract"?  deleting packages from rce is a bad idea in general.
Reversing patches has nothing to do with rce.

> > If you want a snapshot for RH7.3 with this patch in I can try asking 
> > Dan
> > Mills...  Not sure how much work that would be and whether he has the
> > time though.
>
> I don't really know how much work is needed to make them happen.  I 
> submitted a snapshot job for redhat-73 [1], and it looks like at the 
> very least I'll need to get newer autotools on it [2].  This could be a 
> minor hurdle, though, it's hard to tell.
(1.4 btw, not head, might have to verify the patch goes on 1.4 cleanly i didn't have a 1.4 environment going well enough to write it)

> How important is this?  I'll probably have some time tomorrow, but if 
> it spills over into next week I'll have to reschedule some stuff (which 
> is possible, I think, if this is important).
Seems pretty important to the guys at largo, with a large multi-user installation becoming uncomfortable to use for still-yet-unknown reasons.  But I guess its in Ettore's court as to how much time you might want to spend on it.