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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