On Mon, 2010-08-30 at 23:56 -0400, Arthur Pemberton wrote: > On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 10:09 PM, Gerald Henriksen <ghenriks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:11:06 +0200, you wrote: > > > >>A typical developer wants the dependencies of the software they are > >>working on to be _very_ up to date - probably not the upstream > >>development version, but the upstream maintenance version with _all_ > >>current bug fixes. Waiting 6 months for a bug fix does not make sense - > >>at that point the developer would be tempted to build the new version > >>locally. > > > > While I admit I haven't followed things very closely, I don't believe > > anyone is saying don't issue bugfixes. What is being said is don't > > upgrade versions just because something newer and shinier comes along > > in the middle of a release. > > > > So in other words, dependency 1.6 to 1.6.1 is okay as it is likely a > > bug fix, but 1.6 to 1.8 is not okay because it is a new release. > 6 months for new features in a fast paced distro? You know, compared to almost any other Operating System out there, 6 months is warp speed. I'd rather have fewer features in my stable install that worked just right, then get shiny new things and deal with some brokenness in return at a defined point in the future. Jon. -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
