Re: Fedora 33 System-Wide Change proposal: Fedora-Retired-Packages

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Ben Cotton wrote:
> == Summary ==
> All retired packages are obsoleted by `fedora-retired-packages`.
> 
> == Owner ==
> * Name: [[User:msuchy| Miroslav Suchý]]
> * Email: msuchy@xxxxxxxxxx

Absolute -1!

IMHO, removing working packages from users' systems just because the new 
release no longer ships them is entirely unnecessary and a total disservice 
to users.

> == Upgrade/compatibility impact ==
> During an upgrade, all retired packages will be automatically removed.
> 
> User may opt-out by:
> <pre>
> $ cat /etc/dnf/dnf.conf
> [main]
> ...
> exclude=fedora-retired-packages
> </pre>

Is this actually honored by all tools, including PackageKit? (Last I 
checked, PackageKit ignored dnf.conf entirely.) The opt-out needs to work 
with PackageKit to be of any use.

        Kevin Kofler
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