On 9/14/20 12:18 PM, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek wrote:
On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 09:15:27PM +0200, Fabio Valentini wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 9:02 PM Josh Stone <jistone(a)redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 9/14/20 11:40 AM, Fabio Valentini wrote:
>>> I agree. The only thing to keep in mind for semver-incompatible -devel
>>> package updates is to check dependent packages, and either patch them
>>> to use the new version (like in rawhide), or create compat packages if
>>> necessary - so no broken dependencies are generated in the stable
>>> branches.
>>
>> Are we going to recommend that these devel packages are still not really
>> for end users? Otherwise, checking dependent packages is not sufficient.
I don't think those packages make sense for users. As a user I would use cargo
and download packages from the web.
I agree, but I think we still need to set that expectation.