On 05/23/2009 06:37 AM, Michael Schwendt wrote: > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Conflicts > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Conflicts#Other_Uses_of_Conflicts: > > | As a general rule, Fedora packages must NOT contain any usage of the > | Conflicts: field. > > | Keep in mind that implicit conflicts are NEVER acceptable. > > | If your package conflicts with another package, then you must either > | resolve the conflict, or mark it with Conflicts:. > > What happens so far is that packagers simply ignore it. > Again I see bz tickets from Nov 2008 which have not been responded to. > > The page doesn't point out that missing "Conflicts" tags are bad. > Implicit conflicts are not detected prior to an RPM transaction check. > Typically, implicit conflicts cause tools like Yum to fail, leaving it > to the user to do the head-scratching and to remove packages manually. This seems like a great place for someone who is looking for a way to help out Fedora to work on, closing out these bugs. ~spot -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
