Packaging software compatible with only one Fedora release

M.M. hal8600 at hotmail.it
Sun Aug 26 09:10:27 UTC 2012


OK, thank you.
Just another question.
When I'll be updating those packages, what should I do?
Should I push the changes only to the f17 branch on Git? Or should I
push them to all branches anyway and only avoid requesting builds on
Koji for the f18/f19 branches?

2012/8/26 Patrick Uiterwijk <puiterwijk at gmail.com>:
> Dear M.M.,
>
> Unblocking a blocked branch is just as easy as blocking: just creating a
> releng work ticket.
>
> Regards,
> Patrick
>
> On Aug 26, 2012 10:37 AM, "M.M." <hal8600 at hotmail.it> wrote:
>>
>> OK, I've untagged the packages "zukini", "zukitwo" and "zukiwi" from
>> "f18-updates-candidate" and "f19" through "koji-untag-pkg -v --all
>> f<18-updates-candidate/19> <zukini/zukitwo/zukiwi>" (I couldn't untag
>> them from "f18" since admin privileges are needed for that).
>> When a version compatible with i.e. Fedora 18 or 19 is published by
>> the developers, will I be allowed to I ask rel-eng to "un-block" the
>> package for the related branch?
>> Thank you again.
>>
>> 2012/8/26 Patrick Uiterwijk <puiterwijk at gmail.com>:
>> > Dear M.M.,
>> >
>> > 1. You can untag them (koji untag-pkg) if the builds where made this
>> > day. If not, you'll need to get it blocked. For the f16/f18 branches,
>> > you can also just make sure not to add it to Bodhi, but I would
>> > suggest untagging them anyway.
>> > 2. Yes, they can block package for specific branches, and thus can
>> > block it for any branch except one. But if you do this, I would
>> > suggest to explain this in the ticket so they won't accidentally
>> > remove the branch you do want.
>> >
>> > Adding the specific version can be useful to prevent someone from
>> > installing it over a koji- or local build of gnome-shell indeed.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Patrick
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