Hi FPC members,
I would like to propose that we eliminate the jpp naming exception.
I think that Bill Nottingham summarized the issue nicely:
<notting> ok, as far as I can see:
<notting> jpackage wants (the equivalent of) repotags
<notting> we do not support repotags in fedora
<notting> we have grandfathered in a %{release} hack for jpacakge for a
while
<notting> we'd like to get rid of that
<notting> if they're going to insist that anything done to get rid of
that is unacceptable because it's not a repotag... oh well
<notting> but yum-priorities is a 'better' solution for repotags than
Group-hackery :)
I would agree with this assessment, and accordingly, I would like us to
vote to eliminate the jpp naming exception during tomorrows meeting.
Bring your flame-retardant underwear, but I would like to put this to
bed.
A few points to keep in mind:
1. This is solely about the naming exception in Fedora, not in any other
repositories.
2. We do not permit repotags in any other scenario in Fedora.
3. Using the yum-priorities plugin permits weighting a third party
repository over Fedora for packages.
As usual, FESCo will have to ratify this.
Thanks in advance,
~spot
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