nicolas.mailhot@xxxxxxxxxxx (Nicolas Mailhot) writes: >> >> Because the Fedora Extras packages are for a specific environment >> >> (FE4, FE5, devel) only, you can be sure that the needed program >> >> versions are available there and the explicit version is not >> >> needed. > > This is totally wrong. > > When you package for FCx, and one of your deps got a major version bump > in FCx updates, major version bumps are impossible for most packages because it would destroy API compatibility. When you really *need* a certain *package* version, then you can add a versioned dependeny. But this version should not be related to something written in a README but to the current environment. Versioned dependencies should be checked after some time (1 year for FE) whether it become redundant in the meantime and be removed if so. > Unversionned deps, when you know at which version boundary your package > breaks, is just playing with fire. It is stupid and in most times redundant to add blindly a versioned dependency just because a README tells that a certain version is required. Enrico
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