[oe] mickey/sane-updates-and-defaults

[Koen Kooi]

On 23-02-09 19:10, Michael 'Mickey' Lauer wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I tried to build the minimal distro again after quite a while. I noticed
> we have a bunch of inconsistent default versions in our metadata, which
> we should fix asap. To layout one of several examples: hal 0.5.11 is the
> default which depends on a libvolumeid version which has
> DEFAULT_PREFERENCE = -1.
>
> Ångström users will probably not notice this, since they override a
> large bunch of settings, however I think it's very important to get our
> default set of versions right as well.

Great! The last time I tried that the hatemail flooded my inbox ("Do it 
in your own distro you moron!"), which is why the angstrom configs have 
gotten so big.
Having said all that, please note that there's a subtle difference 
between 'sane defaults' and 'globally hiding bugs'.

regards,

Koen