On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:10:24 -0600 Chris Adams <cmad...@hiwaay.net> wrote:
> How about a suggestion/recommendation (but _not_ requirement) that > maintainers try to time incompatible upgrades approximately with RHEL > point releases? So if you are going to update mediawiki (without a > version in the package name) to a new version for EPEL 6, you try to > do it about the same time that Red Hat releases the next 6.x version. > > Red Hat releases public betas, so we generally know an update is > coming (although not the exact timing); that would be the signal to > "get your incompat upgrades into epel-testing". > > For older releases (RHEL 5.x at this point for example), Red Hat slows > down point releases, so waiting may not always be feasible for those. > > I don't know about other admins, but I tend to pay more attention to > release notes and such around that time (I know I should pay more > attention all the time, but time is limited). Sure, sounds reasonable... kevin
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