On 12.10.20 12:09, Petr Pisar wrote: > RHEL releases a minor version every six months. And as I remember, EPEL8 > allows breaking upgrades at each new RHEL release. Thus technically, it's > possible to rebase the package every year without getting into conflict with > packaging guidelines. On the other hand, I'm not sure whether the users know > it and expect it.
OK, that might work - somehow I remembered the minor versions being released more rarely. > You could package each new incompatible version into a separate module stream > and keep maintaining only the latest one. This way the users could switch > to the newer stream whenever they feel comfortable. If they slip switching > to the latest stream, then can migrate any later by hopping through all the > intermediary streams up to the latest one. That could be even automated by > a script. At As Nick Howitt pointed out, NC can be modified to skip the version check, so maybe the hopping isn't even necessary. Still, if the old streams remain available ... intriguing possibilities. > > There is a downside of the modules: There is no mechanism for tracking the > latest stream automatically. DNF team is willing to implement the mechanism, > but so far it's only a conception. It's also dubious whether the new mechanism > would be ported back to RHEL 8. So far users have to switch the streams > manually. I was thinking of offering a nextcloud-stable or -latest stream that simply follows upstream release channel (i.e. N+1.0 replaces N.x, even if N is still supported and receiving updates) in addition tonextcloud-<version>. Or have a normal (ursine?) package for that. That way users can choose between an automatically updating or version-stable Nextcloud, and whatever they choose, they know what they're in for. Christopher _______________________________________________ epel-devel mailing list -- epel-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to epel-devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/epel-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org
