On Thu, 2017-04-20 at 13:09 +0200, Miro Hrončok wrote: > There is and update of Python to 3.6.1 coming to Fedora 26 [1]. > Due to a bug [2][3] tho following scenario might happen: > > > 0. user has python3 3.6.0 and python3-foo-0.1-1 > 1. python3 3.6.1 is pushed to Fedora 26 stable > 2. maintainer of python3-foo rebuilds the package to python3-foo-0.1-2 > (this happens against python3 3.6.1) and pushes it to updates > 3. user updates to python3-foo-0.1-2, but does not update python3 > 4. if the Python foo module meets certain conditions, it is broken > 5. user can `dnf update python3` to fix the issue > > Because Fedora 26 is not yet released, if we push Python 3.6.1 now, this > problem can only affect the users who run Alpha and do partial dnf > updates, and a full dnf update fixes the issue. So we decided to push > Python 3.6.1 to Fedora anyway. > > Should I note this at the common bugs page [4]? I don't think the > scenario is common enough, but I feel a need to inform about it somewhere. I wouldn't bother. It is expected that users of development releases update the whole system, not piecemeal. So long as 3.6.1 is pushed stable before or at the same time as anything rebuilt against it is pushed stable, I'd say you're fine. -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | XMPP: adamw AT happyassassin . net http://www.happyassassin.net _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
