On 14. 06. 19 6:27, Carl George wrote:
I think the best option is to create non-modular compat packages. In my opinion, modularity makes sense for end user applications, but I'm not sure what benefits it has for libraries. Libraries tend to work well as compat packages, so I implemented this in copr to try it out.
* https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/carlwgeorge/parallel-libgit2/
* https://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/carlwgeorge/parallel-libgit2/fedora-rawhide-x86_64/00935643-libgit2_0.26/libgit2_0.26.spec
* https://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/carlwgeorge/parallel-libgit2/fedora-rawhide-x86_64/00935642-libgit2_0.27/libgit2_0.27.spec
This copr allows the following non-modular packages to be installed at the same time:
* Rawhide
* libgit2 0.28.2
* libgit2_0.27 0.27.8
* libgit2_0.26 0.26.8
* Fedora 30
* libgit2 0.27.8
* libgit2_0.26 0.26.8
These packages follow the current naming and conflict packaging guidelines.
* https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/Naming/#multiple
* https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/Conflicts/#_compat_package_conflicts
If I'm missing anything about the benefits of a modular libgit2 help me understand. Given the current issues, this seems like a reasonable solution. If other agree, I'm happy to submit these compat packages for review.
Thanks for providing a solution.
Obviously, the libgit maintainer(s) might argue that they want to maintain
libgit in modules.
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(The rest is not a direct reply, but rather my comment to the entire thread.)
I think we've come to a break point:
1. everything just works fine without modules
2. packagers are tempted by modularity
3. they move stuff to modules
4. everything is broken
5. best solution: go back to 1
(It's hard to not be sarcastic here and not congratulate ourselves on this huge
success.)
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