https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Set_skip_if_unavailable_default_to_false == Summary == Dnf team wants to change a default setting for the repo option `skip_if_unavailable` to `FALSE`. == Owner == * Name: [[User:jmracek| Jaroslav Mracek]] * Email: jmracek@xxxxxxxxxx == Detailed Description == Dnf team wants to change a default setting for the repo option `skip_if_unavailable` to `FALSE`. The option is responsible for behavior when metadata of a repository is unavailable. When it is set to false, it will stop on the first unavailable repository with raising an error. The default behavior could be overwritten by a configuration of each repository or in dnf by configuration in /etc/dnf/dnf.conf. The behavior is not new, because it was used already by YUM, and the behavior is really essential because all Fedora ropos are already shipped with `skip_if_unavailable=FALSE`. The change will be applied in libdnf library, and the changed behavior will be visible for all direct and indirect users of the library: dnf, microdnf, PackageKit, ... . == Benefit to Fedora == It should provide a better security because some Important updates from third-party repositories could be present in temporary unavailable repository, but user can easily overlook it during `dnf update` because the issue is reported as a warning. == Scope == * Proposal owners: ** Backport the following upstream pull requests into the DNF stack on Fedora: https://github.com/rpm-software-management/libdnf/pull/701 * Other developers: N/A * Release engineering: [https://pagure.io/releng/issue/8307 #8307] * Policies and guidelines: N/A * Trademark approval: not needed for this Change == How To Test == Edit .repo file in /etc/yum.repos.d/* and set an url that is not accessible. Case 1: No skip_if_unavailable in the repo file, in /etc/dnf/dnf.conf or overwritten from commandline using `--setopt`. Any command that requires available repositories like `dnf repoquery` will fail due to an error `Error: Failed to synchronize cache for repo '<repo_ID>'` Case 2: Set skip_if_unavailable=true in the repo file. Any command that requires available repositories like `dnf repoquery` will not fail due to missing metadata of the `<repo_id>` == User Experience == Broken repositories are recognized early, enabling the users to act upon them by double-checking their repository configuration or filing bugs, instead of assuming no upgrades are available. == Dependencies == Depend packages - dnf, microdnf, PackageKit There are no changes on which completion of this change depends. == Contingency Plan == * Contingency mechanism: (What to do? Who will do it?) The change requires a merge and a release of the pull-request https://github.com/rpm-software-management/libdnf/pull/701 * Contingency deadline: Should be delivered before 2019-07-24. * Blocks release? No * Blocks product? No == Documentation == https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/conf_ref.html Update for documentation: https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf/pull/1358 -- Ben Cotton Fedora Program Manager TZ=America/Indiana/Indianapolis Pronouns: he/him _______________________________________________ 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
