Re: Ready for new RPM version?

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Bill Nottingham wrote:
> Panu Matilainen (pmatilai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) said: 
>> So, should I bother with a RPM 4.7 feature page or not?

> - does it change the output package format in any way that would
>   make packages unreadable by prior versions?

If the output package format is not 100% usable by previous versions of rpm
(all the way back to the rpm that was in the original Fedora 9 release)
then such a change is forbidden without explicit migration and
compatibility features.  Not only would that require a feature page,
it requires testing for a full release cycle.

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