| Re: Upstream release dependency [message #52 is a reply to message #51] |
Wed, 28 August 2019 15:17  |
connie
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I think it's a great idea, but it would definitely require us to build all new infrastructure, so that thing would have to have its own repo. That's a lot of extra work, but something to be considered at times like now, when theres's a significant demand for updated packages.
Another approach would be to identify the specific packages in -current with a lot of user demand (what are they today?), and push them into FXP, letting users basically stay with stable branch, and use FXP like a -current backports repo. In fact, I already did that once with the kernel, when Pat lagged with bugfix for some reason. Not only this requires like 100 times less work, but it also gives users the option of one-touch reverting to stable state, in case things go sour with new packages. Downgrading the entire OS is probably quite a bit nastier.
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