On 4 Dec 2015 3:00 a.m., "Randy Barlow" <randy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek wrote:
> >> > Things like python-dialog-2.7-20 in F23 when 3.0+ is needed as one example.
>
> > Nothing in the distro uses python-dialog. I think it should
> > be fine to update.
>
> Don't forget that users might be depending on the version 2 API with
> software they've written that is not included in the distro. If
> upgrading to the version 3 API would break users that could be a
> frustrating experience.
>
> I don't have a horse in this specific race, but some package maintainers
> have frustrated me when they upgrade packages that the software I write
> depends on as part of a normal dnf upgrade. Backwards incompatible
> changes should be reserved for Rawhide.
>
> --
That's generally my feeling too but I've opened Bug 1288356 to ask the maintainer about their thoughts.
It might be that 3 is backwards compatible - I haven't checked the methods and the interfaces yet.
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