Re: Clarification needed: Conflicts in compat packages

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On 05. 05. 20 17:48, Troy Dawson wrote:
On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 8:07 AM Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/GuidelinesAndPolicies#Conflicts_in_compat_packages

"""Due to the EPEL policy of maintaining backwards compatibility, EPEL has a
greater need for forward compat packages than Fedora. When creating, a compat
package, note that it is okay to set a Conflicts between them as noted in the
Conflicts Guidelines. At this time, this is only allowed for packages overriding
packages in EPEL, not in RHEL Base."""

What does "RHEL Base" mean in this context?

Is it  everything listed in
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQ#Does_EPEL_replace_packages_provided_within_Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_or_layered_products.3F
?

Correct, what you are pointing to is considered the "RHEL Base".

Thanks for clarifying.

What does "At this time" mean? Can an exception be requested for this?


I didn't write that, but I believe you are also correct.
"At this time" is an escape clause in case something comes up in the future.
There would have to be a good reason.  It would need to be approved by
the steering committee.
It would need to be documented somewhere.

Understood. Thanks.

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