Hi Jos, seems fine to me; I'd say go for it! -Jeff
On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 12:58 PM Jos de Kloe <josdek...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I received a user request to update eccodes, see: > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1850633 > > Currently EPEL7 and EPEL8 have version 2.14 that was published by > upstream last October. > The latest upstream version is 2.18 and is, as far as I can tell fully > backwards compatible with 2.14. > However, it does contain a number of bug-fixes and additions. > > When I look at the update pol;icy: > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/GuidelinesAndPolicies#Some_examples_of_what_package_updates_that_are_fine_or_not > then my guess would be that it is okay to perform this update, since the > update is in my eyes minor. > The update policy on this page mentions ABI compatibility but does not > mention what to do if an ABI change is backward compatible. > > So since knowing is better than guessing, before putting effort in to > this, I would like to ask on this mailing list if my interpretation is > correct. > > Jos de Kloe. >
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