[Fedora Update] [stable] rcsslogplayer-13.1.0-1.fc8
Patrice Dumas
pertusus at free.fr
Sat Dec 20 11:55:10 UTC 2008
On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 11:32:56AM +0100, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
>
> Jesse, I appreciate your efforts. But OTOH I wonder: Is it time for a
> "Best practices for package updates" document in the wiki? It for
> example could have a sections like "Please only update packages in
> releases that are EOL soon if there is a good reason to", "when filing
> update requests in bodhi please state some good reasons why you are
> shipping the new version as regular update" and similar hints.
>
> I guess above could even be done without FESCo involvement. Or is there
> such a document already somewhere and I just missed it?
I think that all that could fit on
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/MaintainerResponsibility
The "Please only update packages in releases that are EOL soon if there
is a good reason to" can go in
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/MaintainerResponsibility#Maintain_stability_for_users
it could just be another point in the list.
The following could be an additional point in the same section:
"when filing
update requests in bodhi please state some good reasons why you are
shipping the new version as regular update"
> Further: Maybe some real guidelines for package updating are needed.
> Right now some maintainers take care of their packages in a debian-like
> way, while others seems to do the follow the "always latest and greatest
> everywhere" concept. From a uses standpoint that just confusing imho. A
> "this is how it normally should be done" could help.
Isn't
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/MaintainerResponsibility#Maintain_stability_for_users
enough?
--
Pat
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