Re: Some Suggestions (Mirror Space, gaim, ethereal, etc)

[Matthew Miller <mattdm mattdm org>]

On Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 09:14:47AM +0300, Pekka Savola wrote:
> So far, for RHL73 and RHL9, we've had RHEL21 and RHEL3 patches which 
> usually fit very well.  In some cases, FC1 and FC2 likewise, but these 
> may be trickier.

I think FC1 is the really hard one. FC2 is pretty similar to FC3, and
therefore to RHEL4.


> So, I think the good rules of thumb are:
>  1) if there is already QA'd patch backport, use that;
>  2) if not, consider upgrading the package to a version that:
>     a) has easier access to already QA'd patches or
>     b) has been maintained by official FC updates, so
>        RPM versioning with upgrades (e.g., FC2 -> FC3) doesn't
>        break.

Sounds good to me.


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