[Fedora-packaging] Conflicts in Core and Extras packages
Jason L Tibbitts III
tibbs at math.uh.edu
Tue Nov 14 14:59:25 UTC 2006
>>>>> "TL" == Thorsten Leemhuis <fedora at leemhuis.info> writes:
TL> "Packages should not explicitly conflict with other packages that
TL> are part of the same release of Fedora Core or Extras."
I still contend that such a statement needs to come from FESCo or the
FAB (perhaps working together), not the packaging committee. It's
purely a policy decision not relating to the form of packages.
TL> And I'd like to see some guidelines from the packaging committee
TL> in what situations it's okay to use the Conflicts tag for other
TL> purposes (e.g. Conflicts: kernel < 2.6.16).
That is reasonable. Perhaps we can brainstorm a bit at our meeting
today and get a volunteer to write up a proposal.
- J<
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