GIMP 2 RPM for RedHat?

[David Thompson]

Kelson Vibber wrote:
>
>Not for another two weeks, although it *is* time to get the infrastructure 
>in place.  But even if it were, this is still technically 
>off-topic.  Fedora Legacy is about providing bug fixes and security fixes 
>for EOL'ed Red Hat products.  Providing newer software isn't its goal.
>
>On the other hand, the people building the updates have experience in 
>adjusting packages intended for one system to work on an older one, so the 
>expertise is here.

Upgrading some package <foo> to the newest version could require upgrades to <bar>, <qux>, and <fang> as well, plus the addition of new items <gack> and <rech>.  I would appreciate the choice between "the fixed, same-old version of <foo> which is easy to install" and "the new version of <foo>, which requires new versions of its dependents *and* introduces new dependencies which haven't existed up to this point, plus config file changes, etc., etc., etc."

While I think that there will be value for some going down "upgrade to the newest version" path, I think it would be better to create a separate path "enhancements" for such things, while keeping a "main" path of "drop-in" fixes to existing versions.  If the expertise is present to do both with little overhead, so much the better.

Dave Thompson  <thomas at cs.wisc.edu>

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