[fab] Non-standard kernels in the Fedora Multiverse

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Tue May 9 14:57:50 UTC 2006


Jeremy Katz wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-05-09 at 09:49 -0500, Rex Dieter wrote:
>> Jeremy Katz wrote:

>>> How do you define "same package quality" if it's an alternate
>>> implementation?  
>> It follows the same packaging standards, review process, etc...
> 
> But it hasn't followed the same review process as the patches that make
> it an alternative haven't been through the review process of the
> upstream community.

True.

>>> And starting to get bug reports from J. Foo's Fedora
>>> that has a drastically different kernel or glibc or ... is going to make
>>> things very very difficult for developers.
>> Not for you, for whoever is maintaining the Alternatives pkg.
> 
> And when the alternative package has a subtle interaction with other
> packages breaking them?  

Yeah, not fun.  This (hopefully) would be a rare exception (*fingers 
crossed*)

-- Rex




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