On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Jesse Keating <jkeating@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Stable_Release_Updates_Proposal > > Here is the link. I'm going to start a new thread here. Thanks for drafting this. Would it make sense to look at the API & coupling dimension? When a package provides an API/ABI that other software (packaged or not!) depends on, the likelyhood of breakage and impact are much higher. IME, when the update affects a large set of interdependent, tightly coupled packages (and external sw) (ie: KDE) the chances of a smooth upgrade are vanishingly small, unless you spend QA efforts similar to an OS release. At the opposite end of the spectrum "Leaf" packages -- (ie: gnote), are less likely to break, and less disruptive when it happens. cheers, m -- martin.langhoff@xxxxxxxxx martin@xxxxxxxxxx -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
