On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 9:03 AM, Igor Gnatenko <ignatenko@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > where can I get all currently recommended/guidelined usecases for > "Obsoletes" tag? > > Currently I'm working on ensuring that all usecases are working with DNF. > > So far I found only: > * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261034 > * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrade_paths_%E2%80%94_renaming_or_splitting_packages#Binary_package_naming_changes > > Is there something else to consider? When things are renamed intra-release, we use Obsoletes with Provides to create the proper upgrade path while ensuring that new installations use the new package. This is currently broken in DNF, but this is a common practice. It's done a lot when python packages are reorganized (python-<module> -> python2-<module> and so on), for example. -- 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth! -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
