On 10/23/06, Bill Nottingham <notting@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Rex Dieter (rdieter@xxxxxxxxxxxx) said: > Offhand, I couldn't disagree more. You mean you'd rather live with the bugs > that those 100+ package updates fix? No thanks. If you don't want the > churn, then don't update your el4 boxen. So, you're requiring the user to explicitly browse the updates for security vs. non-security fixes, for example? Bill
This is a tricky topic to discuss because the answer isn't so clear. On the one hand we should hold the EPEL packages to a high standard because that just comes along with being 'enterprise'. On the other hand, we should assume our users will be knowledgeable professionals who, if need be, have their own policies and procedures in place to update packages and would therefore find broken packages before they make it into production environments. Its hard to find that line where we start trusting the user to make the right decision for their environment. /2 cents -Mike -- fedora-extras-list mailing list fedora-extras-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-extras-list