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

[Chris Adams]

Once upon a time, Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler at chello.at> said:
> Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > 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.

What about somebody developing on their own computer?  Having to rebuild
because you (or possibly somebody else, if a system has a dedicated
admin) loaded an update is highly irritating.
-- 
Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.