On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 09:59:49AM -0600, Kevin Fenzi wrote:
On Wed, 28 Aug 2013 11:41:31 -0400
Colin Walters <walters(a)verbum.org> wrote:
> I think the most practical thing is to build version N of self-hosting
> systems using version N-1 (in addition to supporting building N with
> N). If you are using the latest to build the latest, you can more
> easily get into unstable states.
>
> For example, if a new version of the Fedora kernel broke virtio-net,
> and you immediately upgrade the build VMs, then the system falls
> apart and requires manual system administrator intervention - you
> can't build a new fixed kernel.
Sure.
For example, the builders should stay Fedora 19 until Fedora 20 is
officially released, then we will switch them to 20, etc.
It would be a good time
to review
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=995753
(aka
https://fedorahosted.org/koji/ticket/267), which
converts koji to systemd units.
Zbyszek