Re: Bumping avahi requirement for GNOME to 0.6.21

["Elijah Newren" <newren gmail com>]

On Nov 13, 2007 10:34 PM, Elijah Newren <newren gmail com> wrote:
> Nah, external deps aren't like freeze break requests.  Any member of
> the release team should feel free to update the external deps page or
> direct anyone else to do so (e.g. build-brigade).  It's just that if
> the build breaks due to the update, you're (at least partially) to
> blame.  :-)  If my text on the ExternalDependencies page isn't clear
> on this point, let me know how to fix it up.
>
> Basically, I think version bump approvals should be somewhat
> automatic; the approval is mostly there to avoid surprising people
> with additional dependencies and build breaks (which got completely
> out of control a few releases back).
>
> Oh, and didn't we agree at the last r-t meeting to have build break
> requests moved from d-d-l to release-team@, in order to lower the mail
> volume there?  We need to update that wiki page with the new
> instructions...

Note to self: remember to trim the CC list when you mean to respond
only to certain individuals.

Oh, well, perhaps it's useful info to others as well.