Re: Obsoleted packages in F40

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Otto Liljalaakso wrote:
> So, I would actually much prefer if package retirement automatically
> added the package to fedora-obsolete-packages. Perhaps there are special
> cases where that would not be a good idea - if there are some, `fedpkg
> retire` could have a flag to prevent that from happening.

We have had this discussion several times on this list. The compromise that 
was agreed upon is that packages should be added to fedora-obsolete-packages 
ONLY if having those packages installed BREAKS something, e.g., prevents 
upgrading some other package due to broken dependencies, or causes a file 
conflict with some other package. Being retired is by itself NOT a reason to 
forcefully remove a package that users may depend on from their systems. So 
that is what should be documented, not your personal wishes.

        Kevin Kofler
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