On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Adam Miller<maxamillion@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Adam Williamson<awilliam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > <snip> >> We've had this discussion before, but to re-state my opinion: the only >> sane way to handle this is multiple, discretionary update repositories. >> A repository for security and stable bugfix updates, and a repository >> for other updates - major version bumps whose purpose isn't solely to >> fix a security issue or, with minimal changes, a clearly identified bug. >> >> It's more work, but it's the only workable consistent system that >> doesn't restrict some maintainer from being able to do what they want to >> do. A distribution with much fewer resources than Fedora (Mandriva) has >> been using this system successfully, to the satisfaction of developers >> and users, for several releases now. >> >> The system gives users the flexibility to choose whether they want a >> 'traditional' stable update system, or a more adventurous, >> version-upgrading system. And maintainers can choose whether or not they >> want to take on the work of shipping updates in the adventurous >> repository. In all cases, users and maintainers both know what each >> repository is for, and what they'll be getting depending on which they >> choose to use. > <snip> > > +1 > > Would definitely be one way to solve this sort of problem. > > -Adam > > > > -- > 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 > +1 OpenSUSE buildservice does this and it is nice to be able to pull things like latest OpenOffice, etc. -- Mark Bidewell http://www.linkedin.com/in/markbidewell -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
