What steps are needed to get the package into the GA instead of as a zero day update? -Adam On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Debarshi Ray <debarshi.ray@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> but out of curiosity, what's the reason for >> asking people to request F-11 freeze overrides for these fixes? > > Because without them the debuginfos are pretty useless. So if we don't > override the freeze and release them as zero-day updates, then, as far > as I understand, a user who wants to use the debuginfo will have to > pull in the updated package and the updated debuginfo, instead of just > the debuginfo. > > Other than that, the changes are pretty trivial. So why not get them > in and have a polished F11 GA instead of burdening the average Joe > user who likes to tell PK to "download all updates"? Not everyone has > a nice broadband connection, you know. :-) > >> If compiler >> security features enabled by stuff in $RPM_OPT_FLAGS are not used it could be >> argued to be a potential security issue, is that why? > > Yes, that is another reason, but to me having a polished GA looks more > important. > > Happy hacking, > Debarshi > -- > One reason that life is complex is that it has a real part and an > imaginary part. > -- Andrew Koenig > > -- > fedora-devel-list mailing list > fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list > -- http://maxamillion.googlepages.com --------------------------------------------------------- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
