On 09/24/2016 12:33 PM, Ben Rosser wrote: > On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 11:50 AM, Stephen John Smoogen <smooge@xxxxxxxxx > <mailto:smooge@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > It isn't considered a problem for a couple of reasons: > > 1) Editions are not meant to be combined so they are in many ways > 'mutually' exclusive at least at the 'top' level. Yes the packages are > built from the same builders but it is meant that package choices or > lifetimes could be different. > > > Sure, but currently, it seems to be the case that if I sit down at, say, a > Fedora Server or Fedora Workstation system and install some piece of software, > it will install in "the same way". By this I don't so much mean packaging > format, but in terms of compile time options enabled, optional dependencies > installed, etc. Is this something that is no longer considered desirable? > We actually do have a mechanism in place for allowing them to install differently in certain very specific ways: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Per-Product_Configuration This doesn't directly include compilation-changed packages (though with some serious gymnastics it could happen with alternative packages), but it does allow an edition to run with a different default configuration.
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