Updates proposal - alternative draft 1

Miloslav Trmač mitr at volny.cz
Tue Mar 9 22:02:56 UTC 2010


Hello,
Rahul Sundaram píše v St 10. 03. 2010 v 00:52 +0530: 
> For critical path packages
> (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Critical_Path_Packages) :

> *  Must go through updates testing repository even for security fixes 
> Rationale: Expedited security fixes have caused some serious regressions
> in the past (D-Bus, Bind, Thunderbird updates etc). 
This breaks any attempt at embargos and coordinated security updates -
or, at the very least, includes rel-eng (how many people? who exactly?)
in the very small set of people that would otherwise have to know about
the embargoed update.
Mirek



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