Re: Branched for F11

On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 3:08 AM, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: > On 30.05.2009 15:45, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: >> On 27.05.2009 22:12, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: >>> On 27.05.2009 20:01, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: >> [...] >> But I'd guess nobody should build anything in the devel branch anymore >> over the next few days apart from critical bugfixes to make sure we >> don't introduce any new bugs in those repos. Hence I plan to review any >> package updates a bit closer before pushing them. If something odd comes >> up I'll ask packagers or this list for advice. > > kwizart build a new totally new nvidia driver (180 -> 185) for devel/F11 > release repos: > > http://buildsys.rpmfusion.org/build-status/job.psp?uid=4139 > http://buildsys.rpmfusion.org/build-status/job.psp?uid=4138 > > It might be quite an important component, but problems with it can > (seldomly) damage hardware and if something is wrong with that package > it can bite users for the next 13 months. Thus I'm quite unwilling to > push this to the F11 release repos at this point with F11 only three > days away. A few days updates-testing for F11 IMHO is the way better > place IMHO. > > Thus I didn't push it yet. Does someone agree/disagree with that > (kwizart obviously will disagree, asking more for other opinions here)? > If enough people disagree then I can still push it, but if something is > wrong then it might get hard to fix (which would cost quite a bit of my > time, which I don't have right now) because rawhide might move on > today/tomorrow and thus would need another round of mock adjustments on > all builders. > > CU > knurd > My user perspective: I've been using the 185 driver for a couple days now without any problems. It won't be a problem for me if me include 185 in the F-11 release repo. My packager perspective: I agree with you on this. The 185 package didn't get enough testing time. But can we ship the 180 driver in the F-11 release repo at least?