Update policy in F7 (Was: Re: Package EVR problems in Fedora 2007-06-22)

[Marcin Zajączkowski]

Hi,


Today I received following email:

> isomaster
>   FE5 > F7 (0:1.0-1.fc5 > 0:0.8.1-1.fc7)
>   FE6 > F7 (0:1.0-1.fc6 > 0:0.8.1-1.fc7)

I'm not surprised, because in in FC5, FC6 and devel there are updated
versions. Package for F7 is tagged as "dist-fc7-updates-candidate".

I saw a thread about update policy in F7 some time ago (that users are
overwhelmed by tons of actualizations and not every updated package
should be pushes to F7 main repository as well as need to have better
info about "what's new"), but I don't remember conclusion about that.

So, I have a few questions.
1. Is there some wiki page with update policy in F7 (especially for
those former FE)?
2. Who decides which packages will be pushed to "tests stage"?
3. Should a packager suggest (somehow) if (s)he thinks that specified
package version should be worth pushing to the end user?


Regards
Marcin