Pushing updates for Fedora 7
Hans de Goede
j.w.r.degoede at hhs.nl
Fri Jun 1 20:00:32 UTC 2007
Bill Nottingham wrote:
> Hans de Goede (j.w.r.degoede at hhs.nl) said:
>> Can it cause regressions for existing users? -> No
>>
>> Will it get installed automatically by the relative few people who have
>> updates -testing enabled, and thus see any kind of testing (atleast if its
>> installable)? -> No
>
> Well, if the packager really futzes up the packaging, it *can*. (Conflicts,
> provides/requires that it shouldn't have, etc.) Ideally, all this
> stuff is caught in review.
>
> That being said, step one is being able to reliably and automatically tell
> what's a *new* package, versus an update, or even a rename/obsolete (e.g.,
> pidgin). We can't really change the bodhi workflow until that's done.
>
Erm, we already have a drop down allowing one to choice from: security fix, bug
fix, enhancement. Whats wrong with adding "new package" to the list?
Regards,
Hans
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