[Mageia-dev] [changelog] [RPM] 1 core/updates_testing terminator-0.96-1.mga1

Wed Oct 5 15:56:58 CEST 2011

Received from Manuel Hiebel on Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 06:32:04AM EDT:
+> Le mardi 04 octobre 2011 à 18:44 -0400, Lev Givon a écrit :
+> > Received from Manuel Hiebel on Tue, Oct 04, 2011 at 06:39:58PM EDT:
+> > > Le mercredi 05 octobre 2011 à 00:35 +0200, Mageia Team a écrit :
+> > > > Name        : terminator                   
+> > > > lebedov <lebedov> 0.96-1.mga1:
+> > > > + Revision: 151564
+> > > > - Update to 0.96.
+> > > Why ?
+> > > 
+> > > (And there are some python-* in updates_testing without bug report for
+> > > the QA.)
+> > 
+> > Where should they go? 
+> 
+> according the policy:
+> 
+> For the most part, an update should consist of a patched build of the
+> same version of the package released with the distribution, with a few
+> exceptions:
+> 
+>       *     Software versions that are no longer supported upstream with
+>         updates (firefox and thunderbird seem to fall into this category
+>         these days)
+>       *     Software that is version-bound to an online service (games,
+>         virus scanners?) and will only work with the latest version.
+>       *     We will make exceptions for packages that did not make it
+>         into mga1 and are additions to the distribution, provided they
+>         do not impact any other packages and can pass full QA.
+> 
+> Updates are not the appropriate place for packages created to satisfy
+> certain user's urges for “the latest”. These types of builds belong in
+> backports.
+> 
+> http://www.mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=updates_policy
+
+Has any decision been made on when the backports repository be
+open for submissions?
+
+						L.G.
+