The Change owner [1] has decided to cancel this Change proposal. I am leaving the FESCo ticket [2] opened to make sure FESCo has noticed this decision. [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Jsilhan [2] https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/1578#comment:7 Regards, Jan On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 3:35 PM, Stephen C. Tweedie <sct@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, 2016-05-19 at 21:57 +0200, Alec Leamas wrote: >> On 19/05/16 21:26, Neal Gompa wrote: >> > >> > On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 11:42 AM, John Florian <john.florian@dart.b >> > iz> wrote: >> > > >> > > > >> > > > From: Alec Leamas [mailto:leamas.alec@xxxxxxxxx] >> > > > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 09:39 >> > > > To: devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > > > Subject: Re: F25 System Wide Change: Use /etc/distro.repos.d as >> > > > default >> > > > reposdir >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > I have yet to see the arguments why this really must be >> > > > renamed. Of >> > > > course, there are better names than /etc/yum.repos.d. But does >> > > > the >> > > > benefits of a better name really motivate the cost of change in >> > > > this >> > > > case? Really? >> > > > >> > > > In other words, as Mathieu Bridon pointed out, the "Benefit to >> > > > Fedora" >> > > > part of the change just isn't very convincing. >> > > I totally agree -- I too have yet to see why it should be renamed >> > > at all. My point was merely that, if for some reason this does >> > > go forward (justified or not), it would be disappointing if this >> > > were to break the efforts of vendors that have been trying to >> > > cooperate in a reasonable manner. >> > > >> > The proposal has been revised to preserve compatibility with >> > /etc/yum.repos.d while supporting the new default directory. >> > >> Which is nice. However, the main point is that to motivate all the >> obvious hassles related to the directory renaming a better "Benefit for >> Fedora" section is needed - IMHO the current one just doesn't motivate >> this change, the cons outweighs the pros. > > Agreed; adding a new directory may offer some level of backwards > compatible but still breaks forwards compatibility and also breaks > tools that want to scan or manage repository files. And it adds > complexity to admins who now need to look at and manage multiple > locations. > > I still think the cost outweighs the benefit here. > > --Stephen > -- > devel mailing list > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Jan Kuřík Platform & Fedora Program Manager Red Hat Czech s.r.o., Purkynova 99/71, 612 45 Brno, Czech Republic -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
