At 7:55 AM -0500 11/28/07, Jesse Keating wrote: ... >"In general, it is preferred if maintainers avoid releasing "alpha" or >"beta" builds of packages into Fedora (both Rawhide and released >updates) "if stable releases are available on a usable schedule" >. However a package maintainer has the right to use their own >discretion regarding this issue and may provide whatever (s)he sees fit >for the user base. Things to consider include the amount of testing an >alpha or beta release has seen, the timeline to turn said alpha or beta >into a stable release, "how dependent the rest of the system is on the package," > the feature sets provided, or the bugs fixed. >There may be other factors at play as well, which is why the person >best suited to make such a decision is the package maintainer in >question." Breaking, say, f-spot would irritate some people (but not me). Breaking emacs would irritate more (still not me). Breaking X is very irritating, and is currently being handled with great care. Breaking, say, name resolution is also very irritating -- even for people who aren't using X. -- ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/> -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
