Stable Release Updates types proposal (was Re: Fedora Board Meeting Recap 2010-03-11)

[Kevin Kofler]

Matthew Garrett wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 01:52:06PM -0500, Paul Wouters wrote:
> 
>> That might be harsh for some soname updates.
> 
> If a user has built an application against a library, it's not
> especially reasonable to then break that application by bumping a soname
> in a stable release.

If the application is in Fedora as all applications eventually ought to be, 
we will take care of rebuilding it. Otherwise, whoever built it (some third-
party repository or the user him/herself) is responsible for rebuilding it. 
This has always worked fine, I don't see the problem.

        Kevin Kofler