[Mageia-dev] ANN: version freeze and what it means for Mageia 1 updates

[JA Magallón]

On 03/12/2012 09:06 AM, Samuel Verschelde wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just a quick reminder that the version and release of a package in cauldron
> must ALWAYS be higher (or equal) to that in Mageia 1. Otherwise we cannot

I would explicitely add to this to check also updates, backports
_and_ testing repos...

> guarantee upgrade from Mageia 1 to Mageia 2. Since we are in version freeze
> we must check this with more accuracy.
>
> Packagers, let's keep this (obvious) rule in mind (I'm not sure it's
> enforced in the buildsystem yet, but I may be wrong).
>
> QA Team, before validating an update, please check the version in cauldron.
>
> BTW : do we have a check.mageia.org page to spot packages for which this is
> not the case, if there are any?
>
> Maybe this reminder is not useful at all, but I think it's always better to
> send it rather than not.
>
> Best regards
>
> Samuel "Gives lessons and does nothing" Verschelde


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