On 5/20/22 8:06 AM, Kushal Das wrote:
EPEL generally never updates anything major, and I think in this case they counted it as a major update. More details can be found at [0].
You are correct, in that they don't like to replace a version package to get trivial updates or new features. BUT for critical issues, they either backport the requisite fix/feature/code, or if that isn't feasible, update the package. And if using 0.4.5.11 means those relays will get booted from the network, it would seem to qualify as important.
I don't know about EPEL, but Red Hat, if it's possible, likes to release major package update along with an OS point release. For example, a number of packages got major upgrades along with the 8.5 to 8.6 release on May 10th.
I don't have any inside info, which is why I asked the list. But I think that when it comes to EPEL packages, the community maintainer makes these kinds of decisions. And Mister Perry did a good job of making the update sound important. So I was wondering if a) anyone was in touch with maintainer, or he was on this list, and could tell us when an update would arrive, etc?
L~