3 Aug 7, 1998, Version 0.06.
5 This list is maintained by Alex deVries <adevries@engsoc.carleton.ca>.
7 RPM itself is maintained by Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com> and Marc Ewing
8 <marc@redhat.com>. Discussion of RPM development happens on the mailing
10 rpm-list@redhat.com. See www.rpm.org for more details.
12 People listed are done by initials:
13 ewt Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>
14 adv Alex deVries <adevries@engsoc.carleton.ca>
15 jbj Jeff Johnson <jbj@jbj.org>
16 rg Ralph Goers <Ralph_Goers@candle.com>
21 - cross building problems:
22 - --sign doesn't work properly with multiple platforms
23 - it rebuilds the source rpms, which is a problem
26 1. Stuff that are critical for future development:
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29 - new macros for building, jbj
31 - fix RPM installation API to deal with sets of packages rather than
32 individual packages, ewt
34 - have configure check for db_185.h (rg)
36 2. Features that are of definite interest
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39 - getting rid of all the arch specific macros in lib/rpmrc.c
41 - An RPM repository, with a database to store packages of different
42 versions and architectures. This would facilite installation greatly,
43 and allow for packages to have registered repositories. The intended
44 protocol is HTTP. ewt, adv
46 - More flexible hardware and operating system tags, expanding the
47 current Arch and OS tags to include flexible support for things
48 like Arch version and OS version. The intention is to build in
51 - redo dependancy checking to take file conflicts into account
53 - make package ordering during upgrades more robust (ewt)
59 3. No-hurry features that would be considered
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62 - Fat RPM support, and a _seperate_ builder (partly done, adv)