Re: Backporting policy

[Lamar Owen <lowen pari edu>]

On Thursday 08 January 2004 07:00 pm, Warren Togami wrote:
> I think we should also consider upgrading in cases where all of the
> following conditions are met:
> 1) Absolutely zero cases where API changes would effect any distribution
> OR 3rd party software, because the updated package is a leaf node on the
> dependency tree.  I suspect screen may be another leaf node.
> 2) Where having a common %{version} across multiple distributions would
> make it easier to maintain security updates, because patches need not be
> ported and tested multiple times.
> 3) Only by consensus of the list membership.

I can agree with that, particularly the last point.
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