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

[Andrew Haley]

On 03/11/2010 11:36 PM, Chris Adams wrote:
> Once upon a time, Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler at chello.at> said:
>> Matthew Garrett wrote:
>>> If a user has built an application against a library, it's not
>>> especially reasonable to then break that application by bumping a soname
>>> in a stable release.
>>
>> If the application is in Fedora as all applications eventually ought to be, 
>> we will take care of rebuilding it. Otherwise, whoever built it (some third-
>> party repository or the user him/herself) is responsible for rebuilding it. 
>> This has always worked fine, I don't see the problem.
> 
> What about somebody developing on their own computer?  Having to rebuild
> because you (or possibly somebody else, if a system has a dedicated
> admin) loaded an update is highly irritating.

It's a disaster if you're relying on a third-party compiled program
for your Internet connectivity.  Imagine it: one morning you update,
then the connection breaks, then you can't get to the Internet to find
out how to get things working again.

Andrew.