On Mon, 30.06.14 17:31, Stephen Gallagher (sgallagh@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote: > > > > On Jun 30, 2014, at 5:15 PM, Lennart Poettering <mzerqung@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Mon, 30.06.14 16:43, Stephen Gallagher (sgallagh@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote: > > > >>>> Well, ideally we'd like the majority of the file to be owned by > >>>> fedora-release and then just add the one or two additional > >>>> fields specific to the products programmatically. > >>>> > >>>> I suppose though that we could just carry complete duplicates in > >>>> each fedora-release-* package. Particularly if we end up adding > >>>> a fedora-release-nonproduct (or however we name it) package to > >>>> solve the depsolving issues as suggested by James Antill. > >>> > >>> I really don't understand why /usr/lib/os-release should have an > >>> API to modify. It describes the vendor operating system image, > >>> really, and his hence strictly not dynamic. We should never invent > >>> mechanisms that make files in /usr subject to runtime > >>> configuration. That would be completely backwards. > >> > >> Well, it's semi-dynamic. I suppose I'm treating it more like an > >> additive drop directory. > >> > >> In a sense, there's a certain amount of this definition that every > >> Fedora install will have. The Products then add to this definition. A > >> basic piece of it is mandatory, but the outer edges are add-ons. > > > > I am not sure this is really what /etc/os-release is for. It's for > > declaring operating system names and versions, not really for containing > > a list of packages you have installed. > > > > That's exactly what I'm describing, though. I'm not sure where you're > getting "a list of packages you have installed" from. We're trying to > describe that this OS is both "Fedora" and (over and above that) also > "Fedora Server". Well, either the OS is Fedora or it isn't. If it is Fedora, then "ID=fedora" should be set. If it isn't, then instead you should set "ID=fedora-foobar", but to express the compatibility you should also set "ID_LIKE=fedora". See os-release(5) for details on ID= and ID_LIKE=. Lennart -- Lennart Poettering, Red Hat -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
