Plan for tomorrows EPEL meeting - 2009-12-11
BJ Dierkes
wdierkes at 5dollarwhitebox.org
Fri Dec 11 22:30:00 UTC 2009
On Dec 10, 2009, at 11:14 PM, Kevin Fenzi wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:37:34 -0600
> Michael Stahnke <mastahnke at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Probably not the best topic as it's been beaten a bit, but can we
>> update some stuff? If it's a non ABI/API breakage, can I update a
>> package to add new features/fix bugs (not security related)?
>
> Yes, I think this is quite allowed.
>
> We want to avoid:
>
> - abi/api breakage.
> - config file changes that can't be fixed up in the package.
> - large behavior changes
>
> So, just bugfixes and new features are fine, IMHO as long as they don't
> change things enough to cause problems with existing users.
>
Agreed, the discussion previously was about incompatible source version upgrades... and the overall decision was that it would only ever be allowed if it was the only sane way to resolve a security issue (i.e. the branch is dead upstream, and trying to backport/patch would do more harm than good.). If there is no known compatibility issues with upping the source there shouldn't be a problem.
> (all of this is of course, IMHO).
Same here.
---
derks
More information about the epel-devel
mailing list