On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 05:04:41PM -0400, Ben Cotton wrote: > 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`. Do I understand correctly that this is the global default, and the setting in each repo file overrides the setting for that repo? Most repos contain either skip_if_unavailable=False or skip_if_unavailable=True and they will not be affected by this? Zbyszek > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
