[MythDora] MythDora Update Idea

[Axel Thimm]

On Thu, Jul 03, 2008 at 09:05:07PM -0400, gchris wrote:
> I recently had occasion to build a new Fedora 8 system and noted that 
> the huge pile of Fedora updates (324) cured many of the non-MythDora 
> bugs found in the MD5 beta test, and which still trip up an occasional 
> new MythDora user.
> 
> I completely agree with Dennis' practice of discouraging users from 
> randomly applying updates to his distro and the shear volume of Fedora 
> updates shows the wisdom of that approach.  Nonetheless, there are known 
> bugs that have Fedora fixes and there is an eager posse of beta-testers 
> just waiting to sink their teeth into the next release.
> 
> My thought was that it might be worthwhile to identify a top 5 or top 10 
> list of non-MythDora bugs and encourage beta testers to watch for and 
> test Fedora updates related to those bugs.  When a particular bug is 
> verified fixed without negative effects by two or more beta testers, 
> that fix gets designated as a MythDora Approved fix and the first or 
> first and second reporters get credited on the MythDora website for 
> finding that solution.  Tracking of the attempts and successes or 
> failures might be handled by Jarod's bug tracking facility.
> 
> The goal would be to promote manageable, disciplined improvements of 
> each MythDora release from womb to tomb without the potential 
> destabilization of wholesale upgrades.
> 
> Thoughts? Concerns? Opinions?
> Chris

I think everybody will have a different top 5 of bugs he'd like to see
fixed. I'd recommend either

a) a (bi)-monthly reissue of a minor mythdora release carrying the
   accumulated updates, or
b) rebasing mythdora to RHEL5/6 (actually then CentOS5/6), which have
   far less updates to worry about (and the updates are much more safe
   to apply)

The problem with a) ist that one would need to do at least some basic
QA on each minor release. The problem with b) is that the tools used
for Fedora may not work with RHEL, but I think Jarod and Jeremy were
looking into pungi on RHEL5, so maybe this is now feasible.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net