[katello-devel] Dependency calculation

[Bryan Kearney]

On 01/09/2012 05:43 AM, Tomas Strachota wrote:
> Hi,
> two questions about dependency calculation came to my mind when I was
> working on some bugs around changesets:
>
> 1) We currently calculate only first level of dependencies and don't
> dive deeper into the dependency tree. Is this behavior intended? I would
> expect it to calculate all dependencies recursively.

I would assume so, yes.

>
> 2) What is the best approach in a situation when a version of dependent
> package has already been promoted? I can see 3 options:
> a) include all versions of the package except the promoted one(s)
> b) include only the latest version of the package if it has not been
> promoted yet
> c) don't include the dependent package in such situation at all

+1 for B.

-- bk