Policy proposal for compatibility packages

[Josh Boyer]

On Wed, 02 Jan 2008 12:08:59 -0500
Brian Pepple <bpepple at fedoraproject.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 10:56 -0600, Josh Boyer wrote:
> > On Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:21:49 -0500
> > Brian Pepple <bpepple at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > Here's a proposal for the handling of new compat packages:
> > > 
> > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BrianPepple/DraftCompatPackages
> > > 
> > > FESCo discussed this back at our last meeting, but before we pulled the
> > > trigger on this, I want to get feedback from the mailing list.  I'm
> > > tentatively planning on having FESCo vote on this at the 2008-01-10
> > > meeting, though that could change based on any feedback I receive.
> > 
> > Should there be, or is there, a time limit on the life of compat
> > packages?
> 
> IMO, we should leave that decision to the compat packager.  Also, I'd
> like to have the bureaucracy of the policy be fairly minimal.

Yes, that's true.  Ignore my question, it only leads to pain.

josh