Update policy in F7 (Was: Re: Package EVR problems in Fedora 2007-06-22)

[Michael Schwendt]

On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 22:47:22 +0200, Marcin Zajączkowski wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> 
> Today I received following email:
> 
> > isomaster
> >   FE5 > F7 (0:1.0-1.fc5 > 0:0.8.1-1.fc7)
> >   FE6 > F7 (0:1.0-1.fc6 > 0:0.8.1-1.fc7)
> 
> I'm not surprised, because in in FC5, FC6 and devel there are updated
> versions. Package for F7 is tagged as "dist-fc7-updates-candidate".
> 
> I saw a thread about update policy in F7 some time ago (that users are
> overwhelmed by tons of actualizations and not every updated package
> should be pushes to F7 main repository as well as need to have better
> info about "what's new"), but I don't remember conclusion about that.
> 
> So, I have a few questions.
> 1. Is there some wiki page with update policy in F7 (especially for
> those former FE)?
> 2. Who decides which packages will be pushed to "tests stage"?
> 3. Should a packager suggest (somehow) if (s)he thinks that specified
> package version should be worth pushing to the end user?

With regard to point "3" and the FE6/FE5 release process, you would simply
publish your updates for F7 first, and when released build them for
FE6/FE5.