Users are supposed to test latest F14 mdadm update?

[Dennis Jacobfeuerborn]

On 12/12/2010 12:27 AM, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 23:41:14 +0100, Dennis wrote:
>
>>> Don't you trust the results of the testing [process] in general?
>>> Or do you think the mentioned tests are insufficient?
>>> And why would less verbose update notes be preferable?
>>
>> I'm not sure what you are referring to.
>
> I'm trying to understand what exactly your main concerns are:
>
> 1) The Update Details, which contain instructions for testers as
> well as normal users (and which, unfortunately, are overlong and
> duplicate due to a bug/feature in bodhi).
>
> 2) The update itself, which frightens you somehow.

Usually the update wouldn't frighten me. It's the message that scared me 
and that is my concern. No other package contains this kind of message. The 
kernel, glibc, xorg drivers are all critical components which could cause 
the system to fail in a serious way yet none of the package updates 
recommend going through lengthy procedures to make sure they work.

Then mdadm comes along and apparently this update is extra dangerous 
because it contains these procedures that you are supposed to perform. The 
text says "It is recommended that users remake their initramfs images..." 
so this is not just a message for developers or testers.

Maybe it's just my admin sensitivities that make me actually read these 
messages before updating packages (most people probably don't) and that 
cause me to make an assessment about what that update potentially does to 
the system but if these messages are supposed to be only for testers then 
they don't belong into the updates for general users. As I said other 
packages don't contain these kind of warnings so why does mdadm require them?

Regards,
   Dennis