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

[Ralf Corsepius]

On 03/13/2010 12:22 AM, Jesse Keating wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-03-12 at 22:06 +0100, Kevin Kofler wrote:
>> I think that new versions should, as a general rule, be pushed, unless there
>> is a good reason NOT to push a particular new version (feature regressions,
>> known unfixed new bugs as found during testing, requires manual
>> intervention, breaks compatibility with existing user data etc.). (And of
>> course, if there are such reasons, the update MUST NOT be pushed. That's
>> what distinguishes the updates from Rawhide, and it's an important
>> distinction, because it defines stability from the user's point of view.)
>
> Fundamental point of view difference.  You take the point of view of
> push everything all the time /unless/ there is a good enough reason not
> to.
>
> Others take the point of view of not updating anything unless there is a
> good enough reason /to/.

Nicely put - There are two radical positions, which both lack "common 
sense" and both are impracticable.

As usual, a pragmatical solution/compromise would be inbetween.