On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 10:53:01PM +0100, Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski wrote:
> Dear Fedora developers,
> there have been a number of examples where an update in a stable branch
> brought in new dependencies and in significant numbers. The most recent
> case was discussed on this list even today:
> https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BVUZWJYW2UVO53EZ2G2ALAQPU5PLDJZR/
> 
> I opened a ticket with FESCo to clarify the Updates Policy:
> https://pagure.io/fesco/issue/1682
> 
> In particular, I propose:
> * Mandating that all dependency changes in package updates must be
>   mentioned in the package's %changelog and justified.
> 
> * Mandating that all dependency changes in package updates in a stable
>   release MUST be mentioned in bodhi update release notes and justified.

Why does the packager have to do this, when bodhi itself could read
the before/after dependencies and fill in those details?

Rich.

> * Adding this to 
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Updates_Policy#All_other_updates
>   * Avoid updates that introduce any new dependencies
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Regards,
> Dominik
> 
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