On Thu, 12 Apr 2018 15:43:28 -0500 Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>>>> <pouar@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > Brotli apparently just got a new update, and I was told I have to > > coordinate package updates with you guys in Rawhide instead of just > > uploading the updates unannounced. How should I proceed? > ] > > Well, there's only really a need to coordinate if the versioning of the > library changes, or if there's an ABI change and (boo) upstream doesn't > bother to bump the soversion when they break the ABI, or if there's > something else that people need to know about like an API change which > is going to break users of the library when they next rebuild. > > If you're just releasing a compatible update, then there's no real need > to say much of anything. Otherwise this list would be flooded with > update notices. > > If you do need to make an announcement, you should say what is changing, > what needs to be done to accommodate it, and provide a list of packages > which will need rebuilding. You can use the find-package-maintainers > script from > https://pagure.io/fedora-misc-package-utilities/blob/master/f/find-package-maintainers > to give a nice list of packages and their owners so that people can > easily see if they'll need to do anything. > > (This really needs to be put into the wiki if it isn't already there.) > > - J< > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx How do I find out what packages depends on it? Would `dnf repoquery --whatrequires brotli` provide that? or is there a different command that I should run? Do I just make an announcement after uploading with the list of packages that need to rebuild or is there something else that I need to do first? -- GPG Keys: https://keybase.io/pouar Tox ID: 2EA7A6D5494C10B2E0F32004A1E9CBD971777E551A902059E5EA7E73E5A299272F29D9FF5F6A Matrix ID: @Pouar:matrix.org Social Links: https://www.pouar.net/social.php
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