Stable Release Updates types proposal (was Re: Fedora Board Meeting Recap 2010-03-11)

[Kevin Kofler]

Matthew Garrett wrote:
> You don't see a problem with breaking someone's application just because
> they've installed an update to a stable release of Fedora? It's
> obviously fine to do so when upgrading between releases, but within a
> release it's just gratuitously irritating.

The application is not broken if whoever built it does his/her job. It's not 
like there's no notification about soname bumps (when done right; I know 
some people do not follow procedures, but then that's the problem, not the 
soname bump).

        Kevin Kofler