EPEL Updating ODB in ?

[Dave Johansen]

On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 8:19 AM, Kevin Fenzi <kevin at scrye.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 2 Dec 2013 09:45:44 +0400
> Peter Lemenkov <lemenkov at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello All!
> >
> > 2013/12/2 Dave Johansen <davejohansen at gmail.com>:
> > > I recently submitted ODB 2.2 to the EPEL for EL 5/6 and version 2.3
> > > has been released (
> > > http://codesynthesis.com/pipermail/odb-announcements/2013/000037.html
> > > ). The wiki seems to indicate that updating software for feature
> > > releases is discouraged (
> > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL_Updates_Policy#Stable_Releases
> > > ), so is updating ODB to 2.3 in the EPEL not really possible?
> > > Assuming that's the case, is there a recommended solution for
> > > maintaining access to newer versions of ODB for EL users?
> >
> > ODB is still a "young" package (in terms of existing in EL
> > repositories) so I would update it anyway. However in the future ypu'd
> > better to provide parallel-installable odb30, odb40 etc packages.
>
> The questions to ask are:
>
> Does the upgrade require intervention? ie, if someone did the upgrade
> would they have to manually change config files, or migrate databases
> or whatever?
>

No, the 2.3 version just adds some features and there wouldn't be any
needed changes to config files or databases to support the update.


> Next, is the package a gui one that changes look and feel? ie, would
> some user who updated suddenly have to relearn where the various
> options are?
>

There's no GUI or user facing part of it, so it would be effect developers
but not users.


> Finally, does it change abi/api any? If it was updated would people
> have to rebuild other things to work with it?
>

There were additions to the API to support the new features and I'm
guessing that there may be ABI changes as well. Basically, I'm guessing
that a rebuild would be necessary.
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