On 29. 3. 2013 at 13:48:21, Jan Zelený wrote: > On 29. 3. 2013 at 12:37:18, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 01:15:53PM +0100, Jan Zelený wrote: > > > Example: > > > python-3.2.3-7.fc17 (metapackage) > > > python2-2.7.3-7.2.fc17 > > > python3-3.2.3-7.fc17 > > > > > > Metapackage "python" could be pointing to whatever version the > > > maintainer > > > thinks is the best, obviously the version of the metapackage would > > > correspond with the version of package it points to. Update path is > > > clearly defined and user can do both "yum install python" and "yum > > > update > > > python" without any confusion. > > > > Couldn't it be done even more easily by having only the python3 > > package "Provides: python"? > > Yeah, probably. But that wouldn't show up on "yum list python". Not sure if > that is actually a big issue ... Ah, I just remembered another issue. When using this provide it would be difficult to specify that other-than-the-latest version should be installed as default. Therefore the metapackage still seems to be the best option. Thanks Jan -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
