On Sat, 2011-08-13 at 09:19 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote: > On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:08:50 -0400, SS (Simo) wrote: > > > If rpmbuild does not add an implicit requires with libraryX >= <version > > we built against> then it is certainly broken. > > One could also argue that an activity like "yum install ..." ought to > search for and apply the latest available updates of needed packages. Such > behaviour has been rejected some years ago, if memory serves correctly. It was rejected with good reason, I think. I do not think we should be adding functionality into yum which: 1. violates the principle of least surprise for the admin 2. covers up for not-specific-enough requirements in the packaging. It just feels like it would be fixing a "problem" at the wrong layer. -sv -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
