[oe] `DEFAULT_PREFERENCE = "-1"` of current (upstream) releases (was: [PATCH] openssl: update 1.0.0 to 1.0.0a)

[Dr. Michael Lauer]

Am 17.08.2010 um 09:26 schrieb Paul Menzel:

> Am Dienstag, den 17.08.2010, 10:50 +0400 schrieb Roman I Khimov:
>> В сообщении от Понедельник 16 августа 2010 23:35:59 автор Khem Raj написал:
>>> IMO the newest version in a recipe should always be default preference
>>> this way we can
>>> stabilize recipe upgrades quicker. This also means a wider testing
>>> before pushing a new recipe
>>> DEFAULT_PREFERENCE = "-1" makes it to escape the testing.
>> 
>> Well, consider Perl, for example. Making 5.10.1 a default preference would 
>> break binary packaged perl modules built for 5.8.8, so technically some 
>> massive PR bump (most probably DISTRO_PR) is needed when updating to 5.10.1. 
>> Forcing distro maintainers to do that is not nice, IMO.
>> Although the way it is now Perl 5.10.1 seems to be rarely used, which is also 
>> not nice. Probably, there is no way to solve this problem for everyone. With 
>> D_P it's not used much, removing D_P is asking for "YOU BROKE MY BUILD!!!" 
>> love messages from random corners.
> 
> What about removing `DEFAULT_PREFERENCE = "-1"` and have the
> distributions not wanting it pinning to the old version? This could be
> done after a period of time after the push and an announcement to the
> list asking what distribution prefers what and make that change in one
> commit.

That sounds good to me. We should really try to keep a reasonable
default set of preferences so that certain DISTRO setting are not
mandatory.

Cheers,

:M: