On 02/21/2014 06:02 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> Bruce Dubbs wrote:
>> Armin K. wrote:
>>
>>>>>>>    We can do this for 7.5.  The rule here is that we can update point
>>>>>>>    versions but not major or minor versions.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Couldn't it be the same for blfs, for almost all packages?
>>>>>
>>>>> That's worthy of discussion.  Perhaps end packages and not libraries
>>>>> would be amenable to this type of rule.  I'm hesitant to update
>>>>> libraries right now because of possible breakages of programs already
>>>>> marked as lfs75_checked.  For the few packages that are marked
>>>>> lfs75_built, then there is no good reason not to update.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is that a reasonable compromise?
>>
>>>> I'd prefer not to touch anything (especially modify dependencies at this
>>>> late cycle) unless it's really worth upgrading, ie security issues,
>>>> feature required by some other packages present in newer version but not
>>>> older, etc.
>>
>>> Also, there's a note in LFS telling people to use latest kernel 3.13.x,
>>> so it matters little. API headers don't change much (if all) anyways.
>>
>> Well there was a pretty big change in the kernel from 3.12 -> 3.13 that
>> allowed pftables.  Agree that API doesn't change for point versions.
>>
>> The note is in LFS Chapter3, but we also have a wget-list and md5sums
>> file that isn't updated unless we update the book.  I'd prefer to have
>> that up-to-date at the -stable release.
>>
>> What I'm suggesting is that packages at the end of the chain such as
>> goffice and firefox could be updated within the package freeze period
>> without harming the integrity of the overall book if they are built and
>> tested using lfs75 components.
> 
> Here are the packages updates we might consider:
> 
> xfburn
> gptfdisk
> gparted
> mpg
> goffice
> gnumeric
> 
>    -- Bruce
> 

Add libreoffice to that list too. It's minor update anyways and I didn't
notice any big change.

One could argue to update gdk-pixbuf too since it contains bugfixes, but
I don't think any of these is important at the moment. Same goes for
webkitgtk-2.2.5.

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