-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 8/30/10 8:56 PM, 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? > New features hit rawhide all the time, with no waiting period. The fact that we can get a reasonably stable release out every 6 months including all these new features is pretty fast paced and amazing. I just want to keep that hard work relevant 1, 2, and 13 months after we make that release. - -- Jesse Keating Fedora -- Freedom² is a feature! identi.ca: http://identi.ca/jkeating -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkx8hCcACgkQ4v2HLvE71NXxXgCgs3nzizN8sgDxxXFLdN/On9D4 TOEAnimkbGlDK/Vd2e5QJJ9VkS6E84/a =7B90 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
