At 7:55 AM -0500 11/28/07, Jesse Keating wrote:
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"In general, it is preferred if maintainers avoid releasing
"alpha" or
"beta" builds of packages into Fedora (both Rawhide and released
updates)
"if stable releases are available on a usable schedule"
. However a package maintainer has the right to use their own
discretion regarding this issue and may provide whatever (s)he sees fit
for the user base. Things to consider include the amount of testing an
alpha or beta release has seen, the timeline to turn said alpha or beta
into a stable release,
"how dependent the rest of the system is on the package,"
the feature sets provided, or the bugs fixed.
There may be other factors at play as well, which is why the person
best suited to make such a decision is the package maintainer in
question."
Breaking, say, f-spot would irritate some people (but not me). Breaking
emacs would irritate more (still not me). Breaking X is very irritating,
and is currently being handled with great care. Breaking, say, name
resolution is also very irritating -- even for people who aren't using X.
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