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

[Rahul Sundaram]

On 03/12/2010 05:44 AM, Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Chris Adams wrote:
>   
>> 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.
>>     
> Huh? I have to compile the stuff I am developing very often anyway. Having 
> to rebuild it once is not going to be the end of the world.
>   

No but it is often disruptive if ABI changes are in libraries in an
update and we should avoid that as much as possible.  This is part of
treating Fedora as a platform instead of a loose set of packages.

Rahul