On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 06:08:52PM +0100, Miro Hrončok wrote: > On 09. 10. 19 22:46, Ben Cotton wrote: > >https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Modules_In_Non-Modular_Buildroot > > > >Enable module default streams in the buildroot repository for modular > >and non-modular RPMs. > > > >== Summary == > >This Change (colloquially referred to as "Ursa Prime") enables the > >Koji build-system to include the RPM artifacts provided by module > >default streams in the buildroot when building non-modular (or > >"traditional") RPMs. > > I have one more technical concern. > > Suppose a packager decides to package the "mycoolapp" software as a > non-modular package. "mycoolapp" is written in Python, it builds > again non-modular Python, currently 3.8, it requires "python(abi) = > 3.8" on runtime.
Hmm, and what about an even simpler case: "myswankyapp" is also written in Python, and is packaged as a module. Python is rebuilt in a side tag, then the module blocks the upgrade. What is supposed to happen in that case? Zbyszek > The packager decides to use avocado in %check. Avocado comes from a > module, it requires "python(abi) = 3.8" as well, because the modular > package was built with Python 3.8. Avocado is in the bulidroot, so > everything works. > > The Python maintainers (that includes me) decide to update to Python > 3.9 in Fedora 33. They request a side tag to do that. They update > the python3 to 3.9 and they mass rebuild all non-modular Python > packages in it. "mycoolapp" cannot resolve build dependencies > because avocado requires "python(abi) = 3.8". > > The Python maintainers need to detect this and figure out what happened. > Then, the Python maintainers need to either: > > 1. Exclude "mycoolapp" from the rebuild. That is possible until > dozens of other packages require "mycoolapp". > > 2. Ask the avocado maintainers to rebuild their module in the side > tag and ask releng to add the side-tag-built module into the > side-tag buildroot (if it is even possible). > > 3. Modify the spec of "mycoolapp" to temporarily disable %check and > loose the avocado dependency. > > Or is there some other way? > > -- > Miro Hrončok > -- > Phone: +420777974800 > IRC: mhroncok > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org
