On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 10:29 PM Kouhei Sutou <k...@clear-code.com> wrote: > We need to consider how to update package versions. > We'll release Apache Arrow more frequency than Debian and > Fedora. If we don't update packages on Debian and Fedora, > they will ship old Apache Arrow.
I think it's initially fine to upload frequently because there are no reverse dependencies yet. But once other Debian packages start depending in libarrow, you need to coordinate releases with those other packages if the api has breaking changes. > We may be able to use stable-updates for providing the > latest Apache Arrow to Debian users: > https://wiki.debian.org/StableUpdates For the purpose of CRAN, having arrow in the 'testing' branch of Debian is sufficient. Packages that are uploaded into unstable (sid) automatically get promoted to 'testing' after 2 weeks if they pass all checks. We don't have to wait for a stable Debian release.
