[Mageia-dev] please stop doing "bugs" for updating magia 1

Thu Jan 12 19:01:10 CET 2012

Hi Juan Luis,
+
+On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 10:09 PM, Juan Luis Baptiste <juancho at mageia.org> wrote:
+> [..]
+> As I said, no one is talking about picking up a fix if there's a bug
+> fix only release, it's for when it isn't and we need to reduce the
+> chance of regressions by taking the modifications that *exactly* fix
+> that bug.
+
+I strongly disagree. The policy is stating the exact opposite. And
+also Michael seems to defend the policy as it is written, and not your
+interpretation here.
+
+That again you might have a different understanding of
+bugfix-only-release. I think I stated mine often enough (increase in
+micro version when package follows major.minor.micro versioning scheme
+and no new features are introduced in micro releases).
+
+So please change the wording of the update policy accordingly
+https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Updates_policy reads:
+##########
+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.
+##########
+I read it as "no version bumb is allowed (except for the three
+exception-cases listed) - bugs are only fixed using patches", and I
+don't see the interpretational freedom to allow upstream's bugfix
+releases. Updating from 1.3.2 to 1.3.3 would not be in compliance with
+the policy (if not in one of the three exception cases) - this is what
+I have called stupid policy (and still do).
+
+ciao
+Christian
+