On Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 5:22 PM Leon Fauster via devel <devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Am 08.04.24 um 22:22 schrieb Michel Lind: > > On Mon, Apr 08, 2024 at 08:47:20PM +0200, Leon Fauster via devel wrote: > >> Am 08.04.24 um 20:12 schrieb Michel Lind: > >>> (this might require coordination with RH's Leapp developers and > >>> AlmaLinux's ELevate developers, to make sure those support upgrading > >>> to lower NEVRAs too) > >> > >> Would have a major EL release have a lower package NEVRA? > >> Mmmh, how many fedora releases are in between? :-) > >> > > If, say, EL9 inherits a Fedora 34 package with epoch set to 1, and we > > allow Fedora epoch to be reset in Rawhide, and EL10 then inherits a > > Fedora 40 package with epoch reset to 0 (change as suitable - more > > likely to be EL10 from F40 and EL11 from F46, but in general there are 6 > > Fedora releases in between) -- then even if the version is higher > > because the epoch is dropped, the EL(N+1) NEVRA will be lower. > > > Fair enough. Such change could be scoped just for fedora and keeping > the epoch for RHEL (I know it contradicts the plan). Anyway, as far as > I understand it, epoch support will still be available and its not > forbidden to use it, right? For some cases similar to xz-5.6-to-xz-5.4 > downgrades even necessary. Just wondering, why a reset of epoch in > rawhide is desirable? > When the RHEL people notice, they conditionally drop the Epoch for RHEL already. Epochs are not really necessary at all across distribution release boundaries. -- 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth! -- _______________________________________________ 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, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
