On Wed, 2008-02-20 at 10:18 +0100, Nicolas Mailhot wrote: > Le mardi 19 février 2008 à 23:35 +0200, Axel Thimm a écrit : > > > Usually the kind of packages you describe simply vanish from rawhide - > > e.g. if there is no use for a non-leaf package it is very soon > > removed. > > +1 > > IMHO the most important property of compat packages is not that they > have a devel conterpart or not, but that we clearly tell packagers "this > bit is not to be used and will be removed mid-term". Restricting the > compat naming to link-only packages will only make this removal process > harder, as a lot of stuff will move to packages with no clear EOL > target. Don't you realize the silliness of such a recommendation? 1. It's easy to circumvent (Simply don't use it) 2. It's technically counterproductive. compat packages are band aids to help out in cases where "upgrading" isn't easily applicable. Banning compat-*-devel packages voids this aspect. Ralf -- Fedora-packaging mailing list Fedora-packaging@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-packaging
