Fedora Extras packaging beta software into production repos, why?

[Michael Schwendt]

On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:36:10 -0600, Tom 'spot' Callaway wrote:

> I think there are obviously valid and invalid reasons to have "beta" or
> "prerelease" versions of software in Fedora. Perhaps any packager
> wishing to go to a "beta" or "prerelease" should have to present their
> rationalization to the Fedora Packaging Committee/FESCO for approval?

As mentioned before somewhere in this thread, an explanation during review
(and later in the spec %changelog) would suffice.