Updates next steps

[William Jon McCann]

Hey folks,

We discussed this a bit on IRC yesterday but I wanted to bring it up
on the list too.

Now that we have rough consensus that we should try to limit the
volume of "pointless" updates, what is next?

I propose we look at two things right away:

1. Limit the frequency of non-critical updates to once per week in
stable releases

2. Establish norms or rules that limit the types of changes in stable
releases to ensure the releases remain stable

A concrete example of the kind of thing that I think we should try to avoid:
Two days ago I installed updates for F12 (over a hundred random
updates) then yesterday I noticed a lot more udpates (40ish) that
included an update for vala 0.8.0 with the description "Update to new
major release 0.8.0".

Longer term, I'd like to see a more comprehensive plan similar to
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Desktop/Whiteboards/UpdateExperience but
we probably need to work towards that incrementally.

Thoughts?  What is the best way to accomplish these two things?

Jon