F39 proposal: RPM 4.19 (System-Wide Change proposal)

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https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/RPM-4.19

This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes
process, proposals are publicly announced in order to receive
community feedback. This proposal will only be implemented if approved
by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee.


== Summary ==
Update RPM to the [https://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.19.0 4.19] release.

== Owner ==
* Name: [[User:ffesti| Florian Festi]]
* Email: ffesti@xxxxxxxxxx


== Detailed Description ==
RPM 4.19 contains various improvements over previous versions. Many of
them are internal in nature such as moving from automake to cmake,
improvements to the test suite, stripping copies of system functions,
splitting translations into a separate project and more. There are
still several user facing changes:

* New rpmsort(8) utility for sorting RPM versions
* x86-64 architecture levels (v2-v4) as architectures
* Support for %preuntrans and %postuntrans scriptlets
* Creating User and Groups from sysusers.d files including Provides
and Requires or Recommends
([https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/pull/2432 PR],
[https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/discussions/2277
Discussion])
* [https://rpm-software-management.github.io/rpm/manual/dynamic_specs.html
Dynamic Spec generation]
** find_lang now being able to generate language sub packages

The 4.19 alpha release is expected in April and the final release is
expected in time for the Fedora 39 release cycle as usual.

== Feedback ==


== Benefit to Fedora ==

This release comes with many improvements. It opens the possibility
for Fedora to adopt the new major features mentioned above.

== Scope ==
* Proposal owners:
** Release RPM 4.19 alpha
** Rebase RPM
** Assist with dealing with incompatibilities
** Integrate new User/Group handling
*** Conflicts with the current one including the Provides generation
in ''systemd-rpm-macros''

* Other developers:
** Test new release, report issues and bugs

* Release engineering:
* Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change)
* Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)
* Alignment with Community Initiatives:


== Upgrade/compatibility impact ==
* %patch without arguments and options is an error
* %patchN syntax is deprecated
* File globbing is now more consistent


== How To Test ==

Rpm receives a thorough and constant testing via every single package
build, system installs and updates. New features can be tested
specifically as per their documentation.


== User Experience ==

There are no major differences in the normal user experience.

== Dependencies ==
* Deprecated APIs are removed. This may require adjustments to
software still using them.
* so-name of librpm changes. Packages depending on it are expected to
need a re-build
* Packages running in the changes mentioned in the
''Upgrade/compatibility impact'' section might need adjusting. This
should be relatively rare, though.

== Contingency Plan ==

* Contingency mechanism: Revert back to RPM 4.18
* Contingency deadline: Beta freeze
* Blocks release? No

== Documentation ==

Release notes at https://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.19.0 and reference manual at
https://rpm-software-management.github.io/rpm/manual/

== Release Notes ==
https://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.19.0 (still work in progress)


-- 
Ben Cotton
He / Him / His
Fedora Program Manager
Red Hat
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