On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 11:32:56AM +0100, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: > > Jesse, I appreciate your efforts. But OTOH I wonder: Is it time for a > "Best practices for package updates" document in the wiki? It for > example could have a sections like "Please only update packages in > releases that are EOL soon if there is a good reason to", "when filing > update requests in bodhi please state some good reasons why you are > shipping the new version as regular update" and similar hints. > > I guess above could even be done without FESCo involvement. Or is there > such a document already somewhere and I just missed it? I think that all that could fit on http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/MaintainerResponsibility The "Please only update packages in releases that are EOL soon if there is a good reason to" can go in http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/MaintainerResponsibility#Maintain_stability_for_users it could just be another point in the list. The following could be an additional point in the same section: "when filing update requests in bodhi please state some good reasons why you are shipping the new version as regular update" > Further: Maybe some real guidelines for package updating are needed. > Right now some maintainers take care of their packages in a debian-like > way, while others seems to do the follow the "always latest and greatest > everywhere" concept. From a uses standpoint that just confusing imho. A > "this is how it normally should be done" could help. Isn't http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/MaintainerResponsibility#Maintain_stability_for_users enough? -- Pat -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
