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

[Kevin Kofler]

Rahul Sundaram wrote:

> 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.

How is it disruptive? Surely not because I have to rebuild the stuff I am 
developing myself and have to compile very often anyway… If it's stuff 
coming from a third-party repo, it's that repo's responsibility to rebuild 
the package and get it out together with the Fedora update.

        Kevin Kofler