On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 7:33 PM, Neal Becker <ndbecker2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > One of the packages I maintain is mercurial. Frequently (e.g., now), there > is a rc version available for test. It will probably break some other package > that depends on it. > > I am thinking of a model like google uses for chrome. I could install any of: > > google-chrome-{stable,beta,unstable} > > I don't think fedora uses this model anywhere. AFAICT, in Fedora there is > always only 1 version available - although there could be one in updates- > testing. But the purpose of updates-testing is now for a long-lived parallel > development - it is designed for short term before promotion to stable. > > Although the google-chrome model is perhaps not the ideal way to handle the > idea of alternative versions - it seems good enough. > > Any thoughts? You could provide it in a copr. That is what e.g. Ryan Lerch does with unreleased builds of his corebird package. http://copr.fedoraproject.org/ josh -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct