should clamav-data package supersede clamav-db ?
Jima
jima at beer.tclug.org
Tue Apr 10 15:51:37 UTC 2007
On Wed, 11 Apr 2007, David Timms wrote:
>>> Jima wrote :
>>>> On Tue, 10 Apr 2007, David Timms wrote:
>>>>> Perhaps changing the clamav-data package to obsolete clamav-db would be
>>>>> the nicest way to solve this. And if forge/fresh continue to package, it
>>>>> might be worth suggesting they do similar for their package ?
>>>> -1, Flamebait ;-)
> Jima: Can you estimate 'when' it's been discussed before ?
This specific issue? I'm not sure it has. I was referring more to the
act of starting a thread that pits Fedora against outside repository
maintainers.
>>> 2) To consider using the clamav-db name instead of clamav-data
> Which name fits the guidelines ? {-data is currently in extras}
Guidelines? Third-party repositories don't have to follow any guidelines
besides their own (which is both good and bad).
>>> Then also poke the Extras clamav maintainer to have the proper
>>> "Obsoletes: clamav-db <= last-known-V-R" added to the clamav-data
>>> package.
> This will achieve what I though we would want in fedora;, but would also be
> susceptible to rpmforge releasing a later V or R, and causing a change to the
> rpmforge packages, wouldn't it ?
This is the turf war angle I mentioned earlier.
>> I read several complaints on fedora-list about the way clamav is packaged
>> in Extras, I think that's why a lot of people use the RPMs from other
>> repos...
> I don't have time at the moment to scan the archives. Can you remember if
> these seemed like fixable issues while still fitting the fedora packaging
> guidelines ?
It seems to me that issues with how a package is designed should be
brought up via Requests For Enhancement in Bugzilla, not as complaints on
a mailing list. I think RFEs have a better chance of being addressed.
Jima
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