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

[Lev Givon]

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.