On Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 09:14:47AM +0300, Pekka Savola wrote: > So far, for RHL73 and RHL9, we've had RHEL21 and RHEL3 patches which > usually fit very well. In some cases, FC1 and FC2 likewise, but these > may be trickier. I think FC1 is the really hard one. FC2 is pretty similar to FC3, and therefore to RHEL4. > So, I think the good rules of thumb are: > 1) if there is already QA'd patch backport, use that; > 2) if not, consider upgrading the package to a version that: > a) has easier access to already QA'd patches or > b) has been maintained by official FC updates, so > RPM versioning with upgrades (e.g., FC2 -> FC3) doesn't > break. Sounds good to me. -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/> Current office temperature: 77 degrees Fahrenheit. -- fedora-legacy-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-legacy-list
