On Thu, 2021-09-23 at 11:29 +0200, Miro Hrončok wrote: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/package-maintainers/Package_Update_Guide/#updating_inter_dependent_packages > > Says: > > """ > You may need a buildroot override to complete a multi-package update > successfully. For instance in the case described above, you may need to rebuild > bar against the new libfoo package and submit both packages together as a > multi-package update. However, in the normal course of events, you would not be > able to build another package against your new libfoo build until it reached > the stable state. To resolve this dilemma, you can request a buildroot > override, which causes the libfoo build to be included in the buildroot for a > short time in order to get the bar package build done. > """ > > However, I think side-tags should be the preferred solution, as their impact is > isolated. Buildroot overrides create temporary broken dependencies for > everybody, while side-tags don't. > > My understanding was that this is the de-facto consensus, so I'd lie to update > the docs to say something like: > > """ > You may need to build the inter-dependent packages in a side tag. > For instance in the case described above, you may need to rebuild bar against > the new libfoo package and submit both packages together as a multi-package > update. However, in the normal course of events, you would not be able to build > another package against your new libfoo build until it reached the stable > state. To resolve this dilemma, you can request a side tag and build both > packages in it, which causes the libfoo build to be included in the bar build's > buildroot. > """ > > And than instead of describing the details, link to > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/rawhide-gating/multi-builds/ > > Any suggestions or objections? No objections. I wrote the current version of the text before on-demand side tags were a thing. On-demand side tags are indeed better than buildroot overrides in just about every way and should be preferred (in fact, we could have a discussion about getting rid of buildroot overrides, at this point). -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA IRC: adamw | Twitter: adamw_ha https://www.happyassassin.net _______________________________________________ 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 Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
