On Saturday, 18 February 2017 at 01:35, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 5:18 PM, Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski > <dominik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thursday, 16 February 2017 at 23:30, Markus Elfring wrote: > >> > Having a version in the package name should be used only in case > >> > of different parallel-installable major versions of the same software. > >> > >> How often would you like to support parallel installation before > >> a subsequent major version will become generally available? > > > > Why would we want to support parallel installation of something > > that isn't available? I don't understand the question. > > It's been quite common. Major component updates often discard > libraries that are required for other stable, existing components that > have not yet been updated with nor are compatible with the newer > versions and that may be desirable for developers on an existing > stable Fedora release. Examples that leap to mind include gcc, RT, > openssl, and Python. Except you're talking about two major versions being available at the same time. Markus asked about supporting parallel installation before the next version is available. I don't see the point in the latter case. Regards, Dominik -- Fedora http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Rathann RPMFusion http://rpmfusion.org "Faith manages." -- Delenn to Lennier in Babylon 5:"Confessions and Lamentations" _______________________________________________ packaging mailing list -- packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to packaging-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
