yum upgrade paths

Jon Ciesla limb at jcomserv.net
Mon Dec 15 16:00:51 UTC 2008


> Jon Ciesla wrote:
>>> Is the Server SIG interested in pursuing a package maintainer guideline
>>> that requires Fedora N+X should _always_ have newer NEVRA then Fedora
>>> N?
>>
>> As a LiveUpgradeSIG member
>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/LiveUpgrade
>> and someone who also runs runs home servers on Fedora, I give this an
>> extremely emphatic +500.
>>
>
> So I suppose we can draft up a packager guideline that makes sense, and
> propose it to FPSCo/FESCo.
>
> /me adds that to the list of tasks
>
> One other thing, would it be feasible to write a little python script
> that runs against a local mirror and checks for these things? Did we not
> use to have something like that already?

We did, but I'm not sure who was running it.  It was wonderful.

> -Jeroen
>


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