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<H1>[Mageia-dev] Firefox 5</H1>
<B>Ahmad Samir</B>
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<I>Fri Jun 24 00:18:55 CEST 2011</I>
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<PRE>On 24 June 2011 00:06, Michael Scherer <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">misc at zarb.org</A>> wrote:
><i> Le jeudi 23 juin 2011 à 17:48 -0400, David W. Hodgins a écrit :
</I>>><i> On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:52:30 -0400, Ahmad Samir <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">ahmadsamir3891 at gmail.com</A>> wrote:
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> > On 23 June 2011 07:58, Dexter Morgan <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">dmorganec at gmail.com</A>> wrote:
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> >> yes it needs to go to backports_testing before iirc
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> > Got a link to a thread on -dev ML / irc meeting log / <insert your
</I>>><i> > favourite communication method here>, where this was decided?
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> This mailing list, thread "Release cycles proposals, and discussion",
</I>>><i> messageid BANLkTimrPR-=<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">UgQOnfvAkqPft80LNi9seQ at mail.gmail.com</A>
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> Where Anne posted ...
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> > exactly what I had in mind. Having backports can allow choice between
</I>>><i> > "the last version of" and "the stable version with which I'm happy
</I>>><i> > with". But indeed we need more quality in backport rpms that is policy
</I>>><i> > and tests.
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> In order for the qa team to perform the tests, before they go to the
</I>>><i> backports repository, they have to go to to the testing repository
</I>>><i> first.
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> Something that works in cauldron may not work when moved to backports,
</I>>><i> if a dependency is missed.  By using backports_testing, we can catch
</I>>><i> that before it hits the average user.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> I think the question of ahmad was about "backport vs updates".
</I>><i> And I think firefox is suitable for the list of package exceptions that
</I>><i> should be backported rather than using a patch ( see
</I>><i> <A HREF="http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=updates_policy">http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=updates_policy</A> ).
</I>><i>
</I>><i> And so, since I guess everybody assume that ff and chromium can go in
</I>><i> the list, as they are unsupported upstream _and_ too complex to fix with
</I>><i> a patch.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> And to answer to am
</I>><i> --
</I>><i> Michael Scherer
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</I>><i>
</I>
Actually no, I meant the submit to backports privileges vs. only being
able to submit to backports_testing.
--
Ahmad Samir
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