On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 3:30 AM, Fabio Valentini <decathorpe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, May 7, 2018, 03:01 Scott Talbert <swt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> When should a package be Obsoleted vs letting it be autoremoved by dnf? >> >> Example: Say you have a python module with both python2 and python3 >> subpackages. The only user of the python2 version has switched over to >> the python3 package. Then you decide to stop building the python2 >> subpackage. Should the python2 package then be obsoleted, or should it >> just be left to be garbage collected by 'dnf autoremove'? >> > > This is being discussed at https://pagure.io/packaging-committee/issue/754 > > But we weren't able to come up with a solution yet. > > Fabio Obsoleting them sounds like a dangerous idea. Given the need for obscure python modules as build requirements, rather than run-time dependencies, obsoleting the old versions of those modules sounds rife with adventures. _______________________________________________ packaging mailing list -- packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to packaging-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
