Updates proposal - alternative draft 1

[Michael Schwendt]

On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:52:38 +0530, Rahul wrote:

> Non-critical path packages
> 
> * Don't blindly push every upstream release as update

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Package_update_guidelines
plus
A packager who "blindly pushes every upstream release as update"
apparently has forgotten to do the home work, which involves
checking what the update has to offer.

If the packager has skimmed over source code diffs and has read
the ChangeLog file, it is no longer a "blindly pushed update".
The update may be a bug-fix release even if it is a new upstream
release. Do you want to disallow such updates, if there is no open ticket
in bugzilla for a problem that would be fixed by the update? (and
obviously, the packager could open an own ticket in bugzilla)

> * Preserve stability and avoid unexpected changes and push updates with
> enhancements only if the benefit is considered worth the risk of
> potential regressions

Again just a different wording of the existing Update Guidelines.