On Sat, Dec 18, 2021 at 09:11:08AM +0100, Alejandro Saez Morollon wrote: > But AFAIK, only users can select a module stream, right? I mean, packages > can't be build on top of a module stream > so new needs of package maintainers cannot be satisfy with modules. Packages _can_ build on top of a module stream, but only if they themselves are in other modules. Partly, this is a consequence of us deciding not to have a "default module" functionality in Fedora, but the _general_ thing is that modularity conceptually isn't really good for having arbitrary versions of low-level tools. It's best for whole language stacks meant for end-user selection, and for big (like, "that's what this container or vm is _for_") applications (a database server or similar, or a web app). For example, this is a problem that it'd be ideal for: https://ask.fedoraproject.org/t/shipped-versions-of-php-and-zabbix-frontend-are-incompatible/19188 It can also be used for desktop apps that have separation through Flatpak. It's not good for "many multi-purpose utilities and small tools in Fedora Linux need to be built with one version, others need another version. (And I think part of our misstep in bringing modularity to Fedora was opening it up for folks to try basically anything... like the Jurassic Park thing, it turns out that just because you _can_ doesn't mean you _should_, and I think we'd have been more successful drawing those lines. But, ah well.) So anyway, back to Go — I think that's basically the line on deciding how to package this: A) Are multiple versions primarily for _users_ and for a few "large" (in the sense of "likely to be deployed as sole tool in a container or vm") apps, or B) Is it important to have multiple versions to build many different packages in Fedora Linux itself? In case A, modularity _should_ be a solution (and although I know people are despairing about the technology overall, it's still being worked on and we should figure out and fix anything that's less than ideal). In case B, it's probably best to offer parallel "compat" packages, or use one of the other "alternatives to modularity" approches people have suggested. -- Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fedora Project Leader _______________________________________________ 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
