On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 7:57 AM Neal Gompa <ngompa13@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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. I double checked and see your point. I still think it's dangerous due to undetected dependency chains, but not as dangerous as I thought. _______________________________________________ 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
