[Zope3-dev] Re: Known-good-sets problem

[Jim Fulton]

On Oct 7, 2007, at 7:33 AM, Lennart Regebro wrote:

> On 10/6/07, Jim Fulton <jim at zope.com> wrote:
>> Only people who ask for updates.
>
> Which by default is every time somebody runs a buildout, right?

Yes

>> I think this depends on the use cases.  I think most people would
>> like to get bug fixes.  The intent of such a 3.4 index would be to
>> give people the latest 3.4 updates which should give no new
>> features.  This is intended to mimick what happens with linux package
>> respositories.
>
> Ah, good point. But I think what Martijn is saying is that when we
> come with new *features* this should be made into a new page. Which
> would then be Zope 3.5, or something.  Or did I misunderstand him?

I don't know if you did or not. I'll just note that different indexes  
might have different update policies.  A Zope 3.4 index should only  
get bug fixes.

> But you are right, small bugfixes, and in particular security fixes,
> should indeed go into the already existing page. Which means all you
> would need to get a security fix would be to run buildout, possibly
> forcing it to check for new versions if that is set to false by
> default. That would indeed be a very nice feature.

I think so.

Jim

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Jim Fulton
Zope Corporation