Re: backporting Litecoin [not-in-testing]
On 06/04/2018 10:26 AM, Dmitry Smirnov wrote:
> On Monday, 4 June 2018 6:10:37 PM AEST Thomas Goirand wrote:
>>> Why the keeping away from testing???
>>
>> IMO, that's what should be addressed, rather than breaking stability of
>> backports through unwise uploads...
>
> I suspect you didn't try to understand explanation I've given. There is
> nothing to address in software itself and it is stable enough for "stable".
>
> The potential problem is that blockchain may break at any time (hard fork,
> incompatibility with majority of newer clients, etc.) and for that reason it
> may be wise to keep Litecoin away from "stable" just because it may break
> suddenly, rendering version in "stable" useless.
I don't agree that's a reason good enough. We do have stable-updates,
for example, look at how many times the tz-data package is updated.
> Now I'll have to reconsider that because it is impossible to backport
> software which is not in "testing". Maybe it will be easier to convince
> release managers to grant an exception to update Litecoin in "stable" when
> necessary but certainly that will require more work and more coordination...
I do believe that's the way to go indeed.
Cheers,
Thomas Goirand (zigo)
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