The stable branch policy isn't about API/ABI compatibility, it's rather about whether a new release has new features or only bugfixes. If there are new features it is not eligible.
Alex On Fri, 23 Aug 2024 at 19:18, Siddharth Doshi via lists.openembedded.org <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Randy and Alex, > > I appreciate the feedback and your concern regarding upgrades in > stable-branches. > > > This update make sense for the master brnanch but likely not for scarthgap > unless you can show that > this is a bug fix only release. > > - This release for sure is not a bug fix only release. It does include > support to new feature and can never classify as bug fix only release. > > you'll have to backport any CVE fixes that you're interested in unless > someone explains why this is a sensible update for scarthgap. > > > - I do the understand that upgrades are avoided in stable/LTS branches as it > might break the compatibility and result in various compilation issues. > - However, that would only take place if the backward compatibility of the > new upgrade is questionable. > - Generally every new releases will have API or ABI-symbols added but if API > or ABI symbols are removed from shared libraries or binaries it a matter of > concern as it would be the cause of breakdown. > - For this release, there are no ABI-symbols or API removed from the binaries > and shared libraries. you can cross-check it in different ways (there are > open-source tools to check or can be checked by manually comparing the header > files) > - I have my own script to do so and i always check the backward compatibility > before submitting any upgrades and since it was all clear for wpa-supplicant, > i went ahead with the upgrade. > > However, if still the opinion is that upgrade should be avoided, let me know, > i would submit the CVE-patch for the same. > > Regards, > Siddharth > > >
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