On Tue, 2007-06-26 at 10:47 +0200, Axel Thimm wrote: > On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 12:44:42AM -0400, Matthias Clasen wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-06-26 at 03:00 +0200, Axel Thimm wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 08:36:00PM -0400, Jesse Keating wrote: > > > > On Monday 25 June 2007 20:31:51 Axel Thimm wrote: > > > > > If for example glibc has been updated yum update foo will not pull it > > > > > in. Try it. > > > > > > > > If it has been updated and the new update of foo will not run > > > > without the newer glibc and there are no rpm requirements on said > > > > newer glibc libraries, we've got much bigger issues. > > > > > > True, but that's everyday's packaging business and is called "lack of > > > forward compatibiliy in libraries". Actually that was the reason for > > > having to build against only securty updates onstead of the whole > > > update repo given in the trimmed away quote of mine. > > > > > > Now to get to real example: Replace glibc with glib/gtk and friends, > > > that keep the same soname since Moses' birth and add symbols on the > > > row. You can build something on F7's glib and from a packaging POV it > > > will still fit into FC5 or FC4, but when the app runs it will break > > > with missing g* calls. > > > > As far as "glib, gtk and friends" are concerned, these do not at > > any symbols in a stable branch, and Fedora release stay on a stable > > branch, so your snide remarks are uncalled for, as far as these are > > concerned. > > I'm sorry, but history says otherwise. Symbols have been added to > *stable* releases, and many application were breaking when used on a > previous *stable* release. Care to provide a concrete example of a symbol that has been added in a stable series, breaking applications ? I can't think of any. -- Fedora-maintainers mailing list Fedora-maintainers@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-maintainers -- Fedora-maintainers-readonly mailing list Fedora-maintainers-readonly@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-maintainers-readonly
