[Mageia-dev] Update of backport, policy proposal

Sun Jun 26 10:49:07 CEST 2011

24.06.2011 03:15, Michael Scherer kirjutas:
+> Hi,
+>
+> [ ... ]
+>
+> Last solution, declare that cherry picking is not supported, or that
+> people are on their own, and explain the reason. However, people have
+> been asking this, and recommend this. This would also be against a goal
+> of having confidence in the backports.
+>
+>
+> Again, and as said in the title, this is a proposal so feel free to
+> comment.
+>
+Reading comments here and knowing that our QA team is in trouble already - i don't see how 
+would QA handle backports. I can also see that there might come time when backports are 
+unpatched and thus unsecure.
+
+So i would say we can't support backports and when user installs package from backports it's 
+his/her problem to deal with it when there will be security holes or other problems. And 
+this should be very clear to everyone.
+
+I know we lack packages in mga1, so maybe we can push a little more to get those missing 
+packages working well but when most stuff is in mga2 we should continue with backports as 
+they are. We don't have QA nor packagers to keep all backports rock solid.
+
+--
+Sander
+
+