RFC: Fedora Extras EOL Policy

[Ralf Corsepius]

On Fri, 2006-04-14 at 18:14 +0100, Paul wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-04-14 at 18:55 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> > On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 17:28:14 +0100, Paul wrote:
> > 
> > > 4. The system for getting packages into other branches needs to be
> > > easier. If I've put version 1.3.4 of package x into rawhide FE and
> > > version 1.3.2 exists in FE5 and 1.2.4 in FE4, it should be 1.3.4 which
> > > supercedes everything else - a fresh import should not be required. This
> > > has the benefit of maintaining the older versions far simpler.
> > 
> > I've read this paragraph thrice, but fail to understand it. :(  
> 
> Say I take on an orphaned package which upstream is at version 1.3. The
> orphaned version in FE 5 is 1.2.5 and for some reason, the version in FE
> 4 is 1.2. I build and commit 1.3 to rawhide and then add it to FE 5 and
> FE 4. What would be nice is for the request not to do a new import,
As Michael said, this isn't necessary.

> but
> to drag the srpm from 1.3 and have that replace the versions in FE5 and
> FE4 after ditching the existing versions.
Just "diff" the files in FC(N+1) against the files in FC(N), apply the
resulting patch to FC(N) and "cvs commit" them. That's all.

Ralf