Re: Buildroot-only modules

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On 08/27/2018 04:22 PM, Mikolaj Izdebski wrote:
> Some modules are built in MBS/Koji but are never released to users.
> Currently such modules can only be used as build dependencies of other
> modules.  In future, if solution like "ursa-major" [1] is implemented,
> such modules could also be used as build dependencies for non-modular
> packages.
> 
> An example of buildroot-only module is javapackages-tools.  This
> module is used as build dependency for 4 modules, but it is not
> included in any compose and it's not shipped to users.
> 
> Should such modules be considered as allowed in Fedora?  I am not
> aware of any policy that would disallow them, but I would rather ask
> in advance and not be surprised if one day I find out that I have to
> ship such modules to users and support them.

I'd say they were allowed. I would assume they would also be
downloadable / usable by others if they wanted to, but that doesn't mean
you would need to 'support' them.

kevin

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