On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 2:22 PM Stephen Gallagher <sgall...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > > On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 1:49 PM Josh Boyer <jwbo...@fedoraproject.org> wrote: >> >> On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 1:14 PM Jan Kurik <jku...@redhat.com> wrote: >> > >> > = Proposed System Wide Change: Modules for Everyone = >> > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/ModulesForEveryone >> > >> > >> > Owner(s): >> > * Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh at fedoraproject dot org> >> > * Langdon White <langdon at fedoraproject dot org> >> > >> > >> > All Fedora installations will have modular repositories enabled by >> > default, previously available, by default, only to Server Edition. >> > >> > >> > == Detailed description == >> > In Fedora 28, the Server Edition debuted new modular functionality, >> > allowing end-users access to alternative versions of popular software. Due >> > to technical limitations with package-management software, it was not >> > available for non-Server deployments of Fedora. Beginning with Fedora 29, >> > all installations of Fedora will have modules available for installation >> > and update. This will be done by merging the `fedora-repos-modular` >> > sub-package back into the `fedora-repos` package. >> >> To be clear, this is only about merging the .repo file back into the >> package. It is NOT about creating a hybrid repository with RPMs and >> modules combined, and the modular repository remains a separate >> repository. Correct? > > > Correct, this is about ensuring that all Fedora installations have access to > the modules we build, but there's no change to how they're stored on mirrors, > etc.
Ok. Do we ever foresee the hybrid repository approach happening in Fedora? > It also carries with it the implication that the supported package managers > must handle module updates correctly. (It does *not* require that they all be > able to handle selecting/switching module streams, but it must honor > whichever stream was set via DNF). A good clarification. Thanks. josh _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7SDYRJP27MOS25GT44QZRGVURZM47P7G/
