On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:21:53 +0200 Michael Schwendt <bugs.michael@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Still not true. There are exceptions. Else a few current Fedora > packages, which conflict explicitly, could not be in the collection. > Other packages live on happily with bugs filed but no fix for a very > long time. > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Conflicts Sure, pedantic, but true, there are /some/ exceptions. compat packages where no other reasonable approach will work, and ways of marking a package incompatible with other versions of packages (but not versions in the same release of Fedora!!). Open bugs aside, the rpm.org vs rpm5 scenario wouldn't be granted an exception to the Conflicts rule. -- Jesse Keating Fedora -- All my bits are free, are yours?
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