On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 04:20:31PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek: > > > Traditionally, packages installed all kinds of files all over the place. > > But we're slowly and painfully moving towards the model where: > > 1. packages are only allowed to install under /usr, /var, and /etc. > > (Or under /opt, but I'd want to move that to /usr/opt…) > > 2. packages must support /var/cache being wiped at any time, and > > most packages support anything under /var being wiped at any time. > > 3. systemd and other projects are trying to only use /etc for local > > admin state, and support "factory reset" by wiping /etc and /var. > > Do you see RPM being used for distribution content only in the future? No, not really. RPM is best for distribution content, but it's also good for independent-vendor and local packages. Zbyszek _______________________________________________ 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
