Re: --build-as-nobody by default.

On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Max Horn <[email protected]> wrote:

> How about this strategy instead: First we turn off BuildAsNobody globally
> again by default. Then we make a release with the new BuildAsNobody field
> and command line option in it. *Then* we email to -devel and ask all
> authors to check their packages (and how) and add BuildAsNobody as needed.
> Meanwhile, we update all base packages as necessary. Finally, after a
> certain grace period (I'd suggest a month or two at least), we can turn off
> BuildAsNobody globally. Some packages will still break, but at least this
> way we give maintainers a fair chance to fix their act. As opposed to
> forcing them to fix their packages IMMEDIATELY after the release or else
> potentially getting tons of user complaints for something that might not
> even be avoidable from their side. In addition, this approach might reduce
> the pain for our users a bit, too... ;).
>

Hello,

I agree that it would be a good idea to have a transition period during
which package maintainers can add "BuildAsNobody: false" as needed before
releasing a version of fink which builds as nobody by default. As you say,
this would mean modifying the validator and notifying fink-devel well in
advance of the change.

However, I don't see the point of going through a stage where BuildAsNobody
is off by default, but opt-in at the package level. It wouldn't really lead
to more packages getting tested because maintainers already have the
ability to test their packages with the --build-as-nobody flag. The poorly
maintained packages still won't get tested until the default is switched.
That's why it seems like a good idea to have BuildAsNobody the default in
master: it makes it more likely that problematic packages will be first
noticed by someone who recognizes the problem rather than a random user.

Dustin


> Cheers,
> Max
>

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