Broken deps in the stable release are not acceptable

[Xavier Lamien]

2008/1/1, Luke Macken <lmacken at redhat.com>:
>
> On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 06:43:54PM +0100, Christopher Aillon wrote:
> > On 12/29/2007 04:17 PM, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> >> Christopher Aillon wrote:
> >>> On 12/29/2007 02:32 AM, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> >>>> Christoph Wickert wrote:
> >>>>> I completely agree with you. Maybe we could say that updates are
> >>>>> allowed
> >>>>> to bypass testing if they fix
> >>>>> a) serious bugs
> >>>>> b) bugs marked as "urgent"
> >>>>> c) broken deps
> >>>>
> >>>> b) isn't a good criteria since anybody can mark any bug as urgent. If
> >>>> the priority field in bugzilla is restricted to package maintainers
> and
> >>>> triagers, I would agree with you.
> >>>
> >>> The same maintainer who marks "push right to stable" can tweak the
> field
> >>> before they submit the update and you won't have solved anything.
> >>
> >> Even if it had a strict set of rules and maintainers are going to abuse
> >> the system,
> >
> > Hey dude, I wasn't the one agreeing with a set of rules, that was you.
> I'm
> > just saying it's unwise to agree with a set of rules that can still be
> > worked around easily.
> >
> >> they can mark any update as a critical security update and push it
> through
> >> too but then it is much more easier to point out who is responsible
> >> compared to users just marking a random bug as a high priority one.
> >
> > I just noticed that nobody sent out a FESCo Meeting Summary for
> > 2007-09-27[1].  There, we approved
> > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/LubomirKundrak/SecurityUpdateProcessDraftso
> > the Fedora Security Response team would have to approve it before it
> gets
> > released as a security advisory.
> >
> > [1] At least there's a log at
> > http://bpepple.fedorapeople.org/fesco/FESCo-2007-09-27.html
> >
> > Nobody's implemented that yet, though... Luke?  This would be quite nice
> to
> > get done... :-)
>
> The code has been written and will make its way out with the next bodhi
> upgrade.


!nice, Thx Luke

luke
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