Some Suggestions (Mirror Space, gaim, ethereal, etc)
Matthew Miller
mattdm at mattdm.org
Sun Jul 24 13:50:04 UTC 2005
On Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 09:14:47AM +0300, Pekka Savola wrote:
> So far, for RHL73 and RHL9, we've had RHEL21 and RHEL3 patches which
> usually fit very well. In some cases, FC1 and FC2 likewise, but these
> may be trickier.
I think FC1 is the really hard one. FC2 is pretty similar to FC3, and
therefore to RHEL4.
> So, I think the good rules of thumb are:
> 1) if there is already QA'd patch backport, use that;
> 2) if not, consider upgrading the package to a version that:
> a) has easier access to already QA'd patches or
> b) has been maintained by official FC updates, so
> RPM versioning with upgrades (e.g., FC2 -> FC3) doesn't
> break.
Sounds good to me.
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