[Fedora-packaging] Conflicts Draft Proposal

Jason L Tibbitts III tibbs at math.uh.edu
Wed Jan 10 21:35:12 UTC 2007


>>>>> "TC" == Tom 'spot' Callaway <tcallawa at redhat.com> writes:

TC> I drafted a proposal for when it is ok to use Conflicts: (almost
TC> never): http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingDrafts/Conflicts

I just wanted to remind folks that FESCo would really like for us to
finish up guidelines for conflicts (and Conflicts:) soon.  Not much
has happened to the draft since it was presented.

The discussion I actually recall revolved around the suggestions in
the "Conflicting Files" section:

 man pages should probably go into different "sections" (like
 Coin2-devel and Inventor-devel) instead of being renamed.

 I recall objection to using "alternatives" for conflicting binaries.

There's probably plenty I don't recall, however.  We really should try
to finish this up and present it to the various committees next week.

 - J<




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