[arch-dev-public] Doing a rebuild of [core]?

[Allan McRae]

Hi,

I was thinking of doing a fairly large rebuild of packages in [core] for 
the following reasons:

  - The toolchain is quite good at the moment and many packages have not 
been built in a long time so could use a refresher build to take 
advantage of what the newer toolchain offers (~15 packages are > 1 year 
old).  I expect a toolchain update to happen in the next few weeks so 
this is a good time.

  - Get as many packages to .xz format as possible.  This will give us 
more room to play on the install CD (important with dual arch ISO where 
I believe space is tight)

  - Get all packages into the package pool.  It is nicer to have 
packages in one place rather than across multiple folders.  Once all 
packages are in the pool directories, the clean-up script can be a lot 
easier (of course that is a long term implication).  It would also get 
rid of the core/os/any folder.

  - Give PKGBUILDs a refresher...  package() functions, no "|| return 
1", etc.  Make sure packages build with an updated toolchain.

  - Deal with the few [core] package issues on the Unimportant Rebuild 
List 
(https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:Unimportant_Rebuild_List).


Given the goals mentioned there, it is obvious that regularly updated 
packages do not need to be part of the rebuild.  Looking at the 
packages, there would be about 100 rebuilds all up.  So it would result 
in a bunch of signoff emails...   But I would start with the oldest 
packages and work through the list fairly slowly so this will hopefully 
not be an issue.

Any objections/suggestions?

Allan