On Wed, Jan 09, 2019 at 02:56:59PM -0500, Ben Cotton wrote: > Congratulations to the last System-Wide Change proposal of F30! > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Replace_Comps_Language_Group_With_Langpacks > > == Summary == > Language support groups in Comps file will get replaced by langpacks > package. With this Change we want meta-packages like langpacks-ja to > also install required fonts and input-methods for the given language. > > == Owner == > * Name: [[User:petersen| Jens Petersen]] > * Email: petersen at fedoraproject dot org > * Name: [[User:pnemade| Parag Nemade]] > * Email: pnemade at fedoraproject dot org > > == Detailed Description == > This change will remove the need of having the language specific comps > groups in Fedora. > > We already have ''langpacks-*'' packages in Fedora since F24. > Currently they are installing language packages for translations, > dictionaries etc. but not fonts or input-methods. With this Change we > will try to install fonts and input-methods as well. > E.g. if you net-install Fedora in Japanese language then installation > of any base package like libreoffice-core or man-pages are installing > automatically libreoffice-langpack-ja or man-pages-ja but langpacks-ja > is not installing any Japanese font or input-method. > But now with using RPM tags or weak dependencies like Supplements, we > can get font as well as input-method packages installed as well on the > system. > There is no need of language comps groups to exist, they will be > replaced by langpacks. > > This Change is originally submitted at https://pagure.io/i18n/issue/97 > > == Benefit to Fedora == > Users can install complete language support now using langpacks only. > This will also help to remove the language support groups from the > comps file. > > == Scope == > * Proposal owners: Check all langpacks providing packages (like fonts, > input-methods) add Supplements tag in their SPEC file and build them. > We will track the progress of this Change in > [https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/pnemade/langpacks/ Langpacks > Copr] project. > * Other developers: To all other developers of packages who provides > langpacks, they need to add the Supplements tag as given in this > [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Langpacks Langpacks > guideline] to each langpack subpackage. > * Release engineering: none > * Policies and guidelines: none Do you plan to remove the comps groups? And if yes, in F30 or later? Zbyszek > == Upgrade/compatibility impact == > None. > > == How To Test == > > * [[QA:Langpacks]] > > == User Experience == > Currently users can get complete language support installed only using > "''dnf group install <lang-support>''" command. After this Change gets > implemented end users can get language support installed using > meta-packages "''langpacks-<langcode>"'' only > > == Dependencies == > No Other Change depend on this. > > == Contingency Plan == > * Contingency mechanism: If this change is not completed by final > development freeze then we need to target this for F31. We are just > proposing to add additional information in langpacks packages that is > Supplements tag. This should not affect individual langpacks packages > installation by dnf. > * Contingency deadline: I don't think we will need anything to revert > or apply any contingency plan here if this is not completed by beta > freeze. > * Blocks release? No > * Blocks product? N/A > > == Documentation == > * Need to add about this in the Release notes > > > -- > Ben Cotton > Fedora Program Manager > TZ=America/Indiana/Indianapolis > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
