On Tuesday, August 31, 2010 16:14:39 Matthew Miller wrote:
On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 03:57:47PM +0200, Michal Hlavinka wrote:
> > So in other words, dependency 1.6 to 1.6.1 is okay as it is likely a
> > bug fix, but 1.6 to 1.8 is not okay because it is a new release.
>
> there's no reason why 1.8 won't be ok after 2-3 weeks in updates-testing
I hope you are kidding.
nope, I'm 100 % serious
Of course, these imaginary numbers aren't very helpful -- some
programs
make only minor changes between whole-version-number releases, whereas
others revolutionize the whole project beteen 0.88 and 0.89.
The policy can't be based on version numbers -- it has to be on potential
risk.
Note: I agree there should be no updates breaking something - for example when
configuration files from old version does not work with new version. That's out
of the question.
Fedora is not the only distro using (and testing) some program/library. Also
there is very low potential risk to have some problem in F n-1 if the package
works fine in F n. I really don't see any problem with:
new version in rawhide and Fn updates-testing
(after two weeks)
updates for Fn, updates-testing for F n-1
(after two weeks)
updates for F n-1, updates-testing for F n-2
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