Has anyone ever experimented with or considered using self-Obsoletes as
an alternative to Epoch bumps using plain rpm CLI and various
depsolvers?
Assuming there's a finite and known set of "supported" packages, listing
all of them as an explicit, exact (note: always "=")
Obsoletes: %{name} = $v-$r
for each such (E)VR could possibly be thought of as a 3rd party friendly
substitute for an Epoch bump. Sure, it would be a larger maintenance
burden than the bump, but how much so, and would it even work in
practice? Good/incrediby-stupid/something-in-between idea?
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