File conflicts, how do they work at that point?

[Rahul Sundaram]

Panu Matilainen wrote:

> 
> Yes it's confusing and inconsistent behavior which I *really* want to 
> get rid of. It's just that this is not a simple matter of "fixing rpm" - 
> our package set is full of conflicting files. The package set needs 
> fixing, otherwise you'll have a very much uninstallable x86_64 (and to 
> slightly lesser effect ppc) tree.

Wouldn't fixing rpm early in the development cycle encourage more 
packages to get fixed faster?

Rahul