Re: policy on changes in or introduction of new dependencies

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On Thursday, 23 February 2017 at 07:16, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> On 02/23/2017 02:23 AM, Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski wrote:
> > On Thursday, 23 February 2017 at 00:08, Adam Williamson wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2017-02-22 at 22:53 +0100, Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski
> > > wrote:
> > > > Dear Fedora developers,
> > > > there have been a number of examples where an update in a stable branch
> > > > brought in new dependencies and in significant numbers. The most recent
> > > > case was discussed on this list even today:
> > > > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/message/BVUZWJYW2UVO53EZ2G2ALAQPU5PLDJZR/
> > > 
> > > That discussion was about Rawhide. Not about a stable release.
> > 
> > True, but the issue is the same. New or changed dependencies cause
> > problems.
> 
> Not quite. This only applies to "weak deps".

How so?

> New "strong deps" or "changed deps" are should to solve problems, otherwise
> there would not be any need for changes.

"are should to"? Sorry, I can't understand the above sentence.
 
> > The proposed policy change talks about both rawhide and stable branches.
> I consider your proposal to be unnecessary.

Could you elaborate on why you think it's unnecessary?

Regards,
Dominik
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