On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 10:24 AM Stephen John Smoogen <smooge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Thu, 14 Feb 2019 at 11:19, Richard Shaw <hobbes1069@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 10:14 AM Stephen John Smoogen <smooge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> On Thu, 14 Feb 2019 at 09:34, Richard Shaw <hobbes1069@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> > Will this also allow more significant upgrades of EPEL packages between minor releases?
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>> That is the purpose if the package maintainer and their consumers want it.
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>
> Ok. I ran into an issue on EPEL 7 where I needed to update a package so it could work with a package that was part of a Review Request. Then I found out someone was using my library as part of validated software they were developing. Lesson learned the hard way. Assuming this goes through I will be able to update on point releases and they can chose whether to update their whole system or not, in which case they would have to revalidate anyway.
>
Correct, and they can also grab the old version out of archives and do
what they want versus dig through koji to find it.
Then +1000 from me :)
Thanks,
Richard
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