Thanks for the info Germano. Comments inline

On 3 May 2018 at 17:19, Germano Massullo <[email protected]> wrote:

> Every update before getting pushed to stable repository must either:
> - pass one week in updates-testing repository;
> - get 3 positive karma feedback to trigger autopush.
> for more informations please read [1] and [2]

Understood.

>
>
> Concerning Fedora 27, darktable will now be pushed to stable repository.
> Fedora packaging guidelines forbid to break updates tree, so you cannot
> have a newer version of a package on an older Fedora version. So F28 ->
> then F27 -> then F26 (that is going to end of life)

News to me. Tks


> Now a few comments concerning:
>
> =============
> Il 05/03/18 17:48, Timur Irikovich Davletshin wrote:
>> Have you tried this https://software.opensuse.org/download.html?project
>> =graphics:darktable&package=darktable ?
> and
> Il 04/25/18 14:41, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
>> * Dave Pawson <[email protected]> [04-25-18 08:07]:
>>> Is it up to us to let our distos know that a new version is available
>>> or do the devs normally do this please?
>>> Fedora in my case.
>> darix is *usually* the first publisher on openSUSE Build Service which has
>> master(development) and stable builds accessable here:
>>   https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/graphics:/darktable:/
>>
>> builds for fedora 26 and 27 are there

I would not think of going to a Suse repo for Fedora packages.
I can think of lots of ways of getting into trouble that way :-)

Are you saying it is a valid repo to add? For Fedora?


> =============
>
> help in communities is very important, but could you please avoid
> proposing to Fedora users as **first solution**, the usage of a third
> party repository?

I did not, nor would I. I have been with Fedora for ... many years
and am reluctant to go outside their standard repos.

> Official packaging [2] guidelines has strict rules that enforce
> packaging quality, so there are some kind of "timings" that cannot be
> skipped.

Understood, and for good reasons. dnf is pure magic as far as I am
concerned!

> Considering that I always provide timely darktable updates since years,
> and I have always worked on maintaining this package spending my spare
> time, I am a bit disappointed in reading previous statements.

For which, thank you. I read the earlier comment and (wrongly)
expected an imminent F27 release.

regards





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