[Mageia-dev] Proposal of a backporting process

Wed Jun 29 10:56:27 CEST 2011

mercoledì 29 giugno 2011 alle 00:23, andre999 ha scritto:
+> A leaf package is a package that is not required by any other package.
+> But leaf packages will always require something else.
+> If B requires A, then A is not a leaf package, even though B could be.
+> When backporting B, we test to make sure that it works with release A.
+> Obviously it restricts what can be backported, but the trade-off is that backports will 
+> (almost always) work, and they won't break anything.
+
+Well my point is i often backport something for my job (for the most
+commoncpp2 now, ucommon in future), and since they are libraries i can fall
+in errors. I always tested before backporting though, and i haven't had any problems
+upgrading, but that's me and i could have been lucky.
+
+If we can accept some exceptions from time to time, but proved (bug open, testing
+and updates/backports etc) i can think to have mageia not only at home or in a virtual
+box. Otherwise i can't see the need of backports, for me of course.
+
+Angelo 
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