Re: Concerns about ROCm QA
On 2025-11-26 15:54, Rix, Tom wrote:
> From the outside, it looks Debian updates ad-hoc versions of the packages. The upstream does not mix different component versions.
>
> On Fedora we update the entire stack at the same time to the same version with incompatibilities between the stack components and some of the dependent packages worked out before the official builds are started. This does not eliminate all of the problems, but it does remove the mixed versions problems that no one upstream tests for.
I would have also done it this way, e.g: enforcing 6.4 across the board,
even if some components declare to be compatible with older versions.
Mainly because I was all but certain that mixing was not supported, but
more importantly also not tested upstream.
I didn't think mixing would be a big use case, so better to enforce a
clear and robust upgrade path.
I would have staggered the releases only a bit, for example starting
with the core components, then with libraries that need transitions,
then the rest. And observing and reacting to our CI results in the process.
Best,
Christian
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