On 4 Dec 2015 3:00 a.m., "Randy Barlow" <ra...@electronsweatshop.com> wrote: > > Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek wrote: > >> > Things like python-dialog-2.7-20 in F23 when 3.0+ is needed as one example. > > > Nothing in the distro uses python-dialog. I think it should > > be fine to update. > > Don't forget that users might be depending on the version 2 API with > software they've written that is not included in the distro. If > upgrading to the version 3 API would break users that could be a > frustrating experience. > > I don't have a horse in this specific race, but some package maintainers > have frustrated me when they upgrade packages that the software I write > depends on as part of a normal dnf upgrade. Backwards incompatible > changes should be reserved for Rawhide. > > --
That's generally my feeling too but I've opened Bug 1288356 to ask the maintainer about their thoughts. It might be that 3 is backwards compatible - I haven't checked the methods and the interfaces yet.
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