On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 03:26:51PM -0400, Chuck Ebbert wrote: > Jack Tanner wrote: > > The testing repo has packages as old as openldap-2.3.30-1.fc6.1.src.rpm > > 30-Nov-2006 and sysklogd-1.4.1-42.fc7.src.rpm 11-Dec-2006. Is there any policy > > about how long packages should stay in testing? AFAICS, if a package shows up in > > testing, it's either good and should get pushed to updates in a little while, or > > it's bad and it should get yanked from testing. Right? > > It's very hard to remove packages from testing after you've > decided not to release them. So some people just leave them there, > apparently. At the moment there is no formal policy for updates-testing. This is going to change for Fedora 7 where testing updates will eventually require community approval before making their way to the stable repo. There are some flowcharts[0] describing the update process on the bodhi wiki. Suggestions for improvements are welcome. luke [0]: https://hosted.fedoraproject.org/projects/bodhi/wiki/DesignTesting -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list