On Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 07:46:56AM +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: > When a Fedora Core release reaches Maintenance state (such as Fedora > Core 3 reached when Fedora Core 5 Test 2 was released), the > corresponding release of Fedora Extras will also enter a Maintenance > state. In this state maintainers will be allowed to issue updates to > existing packages, but Maintainers are strongly urged to only issue > severe bugfix or security fixes. New software versions should be avoided > except when necessary for resolving issues with the the current version. Currently there are five releases in maintenance mode, aka managed by fedora legacy. Maybe in the future this will decrease, but somehow whenever legacy tries to kick out a release some people start crying and it is kept. But let's assume 3-4 releases on the average in the future. For a package maintainer that covers a package that has lived in these releases this means 3-4 additional versions/specifles of the software to maintain, e.g. (hopfully only) one version for the current 2 active FCs and in the worse case 3-4 further distinct specfiles to look out for. I guess the packager will wish that upcoming releases will fix severe bugs or security flaws to allow him to sync all his trees ;) To cut a long story short: I would soften the above requirement and make it a recommendation or similar. And I would also include the legacy folks in this discussion (Cc'd), as all of this very much depends on the EOL/concurrent releases policies there. Some (unfinished?) thoughts about extras in legacy have already been discussed in the past, and the outcome may prove valuable. I also think that the organisational separation of core vs extras blurs in legacy mode, as legacy for core is already in a community driven entity like extras is, so convergence is easier in that domain. legacy is a community security response team for core and creating a second for extras doesn't sound right, it's better to consolidate forces. -- Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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