Re: Automatic check for bodhi updates not to break RPM dependencies

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On Tue, Nov 07, 2023 at 04:20:52PM +0100, Kevin Kofler via devel wrote:
> Miro Hrončok wrote:
> > this is not the first time I saw a bodhi update that breaks dozens of
> > dependencies, goes unnoticed for a week and is automatically pushed
> > stable, only to discover many packages fail to install.
> 
> The most important measure would be to abolish automatic pushes. This update 
> was automatically pushed after 7 days with no feedback whatsoever. Promoting 
> an update to stable should require a human to explicitly click a "push to 
> stable" button, thereby acknowledging the lack of feedback.

The vast majority of packages will get no feedback and can be pushed
to stable without problems.

When there is a problem like in this case, it causes a minor
inconvenience for some people and is easily fixed.  Temporarily can't
update a Fedora package is not one of the world's biggest problems
right now.

Rich.

> > How come we don't have an automatic check for this? What can be done?
> 
> I also do not understand why the gating stuff that was recently added does 
> not complain about this.
> 
>         Kevin Kofler
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