On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 3:26 AM Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 10:51 AM Sérgio Basto <sergio@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > These removed python2 packages are breaking upgrade path > > > > 1- when you remove python2-foo , you should add to main package > > Obsoletes: python2-foo > > If I may suggest, *absolutely not*. "Obsoletes: python2-foo" > specifically means that it includes and provides "python2-foo" > functionality, and "python3-foo" packages *do not* provide this. There > are a very few tools that put things in "/usr/bin" for typical use, > such as the "rpm" package itself which might benefit from such > options. But I think it's quite dangerous to replace them willy-nilly > due to compatibility for old packages which would have their > requirements replaced with something quite incompatible without > notification. > I think you misunderstand here. Obsoletes does not specifically indicate it is equivalent. It is saying that you're replacing it. You will still get a broken dep chain if something Requires something that was obsoleted. It is absolutely the correct strategy to do Obsoletes (without Provides) here. -- 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth! _______________________________________________ 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
