where to request a newer package version?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Wed, 13 Aug 2008, Craig White wrote:

> On Thu, 2008-08-14 at 00:50 +0900, Mamoru Tasaka wrote:
> > Robert P. J. Day wrote, at 08/14/2008 12:24 AM +9:00:
> > >   is there a specific bugzilla page where one requests the RPMifying
> > > of the newer version of an existing package?  thanks.
> > >
> > > rday
> > > --
> >
> > Please go to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/index.cgi and file a new bug
> > with the Component you want to upgrade and with the Summary
> > "RFE: upgrade foo to version XXXXX" or so.
> ----
> there are no specific pages for RFE's but rather the obligation to
> search to see if a similar request already exists (and add to it) or if
> not, then create your own entry.
>
> Some things to consider when requesting a newer version...
>
> - Detail which features the newer version has that the current one
> doesn't have.
>
> - Provide links to information on the updated package/features
>
> - Try downloading the current SRPM and installing it, then getting the
> newer tarball and swapping that for the one in the SRPM and then
> building it, even installing it if possible, to see what challenges the
> packager would have to deal with (if any).
>
> Craig

just to turn this into a concrete example, i was after
subversion-1.5.1.  currently, the latest version for f9 appears to be
this one:

$ rpm -q subversion
subversion-1.4.6-7.i386
$

  but then i found this page:

http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=752

which appears to suggest that 1.5.1 does indeed exist for f9.  i'm
just not sure how to interpret that page -- doesn't it imply that
subversion has been successfully packaged for f9?

rday
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