On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 5:38 PM Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski <dominik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, Stephen. > > On Wednesday, 05 August 2020 at 21:36, Stephen Gallagher wrote: > > FESCo has requested that I submit the module policy once more to the > > Fedora development list for discussion. Feedback is welcome. > > [...] > > * The default stream of a module *MUST NOT* change to a different > > stream within a released Fedora version.footnote:[This is an extension > > of the https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fesco/Updates_Policy/#stable-releases[stable > > updates policy].] The default stream *MAY* be changed in Rawhide or > > during Fedora upgrades. Changes to default streams *MUST* be approved > > via a https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/program_management/changes_policy/#_change_process[Fedora > > Change proposal]. > > * Packages *MAY* convert from a non-modular package to a modular > > default stream (or the reverse) only in Rawhide or during Fedora > > upgrades. > > > * Default streams *MUST NOT* provide a binary RPM with the same > > package name as a non-modular RPM in the same release except in the > > case of a transition from one to the other.footnote:[Modular packages > > shadow non-modular ones. This rule ensures that we don't have any > > shadowed packages in the default package set.] > > [1] Transitions to/from modular are already forbidden in Fedora > releases, so saying "in the same release" makes no sense. I'd say "in > rawhide or during Fedora upgrades". > It's redundant, but it doesn't need to be changed if we ever end up allowing default streams in Fedora releases. > > * Default streams *MUST NOT* provide a binary RPM with the same > > package name as an RPM in a default stream in the same release except > > in the case of a transition from one to the other.footnote:[In this > > situation, whichever has the highest NEVRA would win the depsolving > > and could break the other module.] > > I guess "transition to another default module" is what is meant above. This was a bad copy-paste. Everything after "in the same release" should be dropped. I'll fix that. > > > * Multiple default streams *MUST NOT* provide the same binary package > > names at runtime.footnote:[They *MAY* provide other well-known names > > in the same manner as permitted for non-modular content. For example, > > two different default streams *MAY* provide content to be used with > > the `alternatives` system or virtual `Provides` for capabilities.] > > > * Default streams *MUST NOT* provide a package that overrides a > > package of the same name in the non-modular content except in approved > > cases of migration between modular and non-modular delivery. > > This is redundant, already mentioned above[1]. > It's not redundant for ELN, which is a rolling stream like Rawhide. _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
