Fedora Extras packaging beta software into production repos, why?

[Horst H. von Brand]

Michael Schwendt <bugs.michael at gmx.net> wrote:

[...]

> We are at a level where we still see ABI breakage in upgrades for FE5 or
> FE6. Usually, the spec changelog says nothing else than "Update to 2.x",
> and only afterwards, the reported breakage is cleaned up with rebuilds.
> No comment on whether the ABI breakage was expected or not. If breakage
> was expected, I would hope for at least a warning the in spec changelog.
> And that would increase trust in the packager.

If breakage was expected, a responsible developer would /not/ push the
package out, so this is completely moot.

[...]

> What is so difficult about requesting packagers to be more verbose in
> spec changelog comments _and_ reviews? It is not bureaucracy where you
> depend on somebody else's decision. You just document "your stuff" and
> be done.

Well said. Too much %changelogs are way too laconic. If a version update,
please add a reference to the (upstream, WWW) changelog.
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