[Mageia-dev] [changelog] [RPM] 1 core/updates_testing terminator-0.96-1.mga1

[Samuel Verschelde]

Le mercredi 5 octobre 2011 15:56:58, Lev Givon a écrit :
> Received from Manuel Hiebel on Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 06:32:04AM EDT:
> > Le mardi 04 octobre 2011 à 18:44 -0400, Lev Givon a écrit :
> > > Received from Manuel Hiebel on Tue, Oct 04, 2011 at 06:39:58PM EDT:
> > > > Le mercredi 05 octobre 2011 à 00:35 +0200, Mageia Team a écrit :
> > > > > Name        : terminator
> > > > > lebedov <lebedov> 0.96-1.mga1:
> > > > > + Revision: 151564
> > > > > - Update to 0.96.
> > > > 
> > > > Why ?
> > > > 
> > > > (And there are some python-* in updates_testing without bug report
> > > > for the QA.)
> > > 
> > > Where should they go?
> > 
> > according the policy:
> > 
> > For the most part, an update should consist of a patched build of the
> > same version of the package released with the distribution, with a few
> > 
> > exceptions:
> >       *     Software versions that are no longer supported upstream with
> >       
> >         updates (firefox and thunderbird seem to fall into this category
> >         these days)
> >       
> >       *     Software that is version-bound to an online service (games,
> >       
> >         virus scanners?) and will only work with the latest version.
> >       
> >       *     We will make exceptions for packages that did not make it
> >       
> >         into mga1 and are additions to the distribution, provided they
> >         do not impact any other packages and can pass full QA.
> > 
> > Updates are not the appropriate place for packages created to satisfy
> > certain user's urges for “the latest”. These types of builds belong in
> > backports.
> > 
> > http://www.mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=updates_policy
> 
> Has any decision been made on when the backports repository be
> open for submissions?
> 
> 						L.G.

Yes and no. Decision is : as soon as sysadmins are ready. Practically, this 
means that a sysadmin has to find the time to do it, and the proposed technical 
solution can take time to implement. That's why I proposed 2 other solutions 
that would allow to open really soon but haven't really got an answer.

I'll try to have it added as the subject to tonight's packager meeting.

Samuel
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