> For FC5 I agree with that of course, since we're nearing the end of the > FC5 devel cycle. Once FC6 development begins however, it would be a > prime time to make this change to rpm in rawhide so that everyone who > relies on the current behaviour will have plenty of time to fix their > scripts. > > Then, if it appears there are still a lot of broken scripts out there as > FC6 nears, we can change it back to the current query results for FC6, > and then re-change it for FC7 development. > > The end goal being a migration from what it reports now, to what we > would like it to report in the future, with plenty of time for people > to fix broken scripts that don't formulate their own --qf queries. > > This allows forward progress, while minimizing problems, and providing > a migration path. Alternatively, we could discourage the use of rpm as a command itself and push people toward using repoquery. repoquery acts on local rpmdb's as much as repositories. and repoquery's default format is: name-epoch:ver-rel.arch -sv -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list