* Ron Yorston [13/02/2019 08:45] : > > What causes a package to move? I guess it doesn't just happen > spontaneously, so presumably it's a choice the maintainer makes. It isn't really a move per se. A regular package can be copied into a module. If the package is then orphaned/retired, it ceases to be a regular package but stays part of a module. > If so, why would they do that? Why would they *not* want their package > to be available as a regular package? It seems counterproductive for > them to downgrade their package to this second-class status. The goal, IIUC (and I'm not at sure that I do), is to for each module to be able to have its own lifecycle, seperate from the lifecycle of the distribution. Emmanuel _______________________________________________ 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
