Dear Fedora developers,
there have been a number of examples where an update in a stable branch
brought in new dependencies and in significant numbers. The most recent
case was discussed on this list even today:
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.o...
I opened a ticket with FESCo to clarify the Updates Policy:
https://pagure.io/fesco/issue/1682
In particular, I propose:
* Mandating that all dependency changes in package updates must be
mentioned in the package's %changelog and justified.
* Mandating that all dependency changes in package updates in a stable
release MUST be mentioned in bodhi update release notes and justified.
* Adding this to
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Updates_Policy#All_other_updates
* Avoid updates that introduce any new dependencies
Thoughts?
Regards,
Dominik
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