On 5/28/21 10:39 AM, Richard Shaw wrote:
On Fri, May 28, 2021 at 9:32 AM Steven A. Falco <stevenfa...@gmail.com
<mailto:stevenfa...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I understand that we should put "Obsoletes" statements in a spec file when
a package changes its name, so the package with the new name can replace the package with
the old name.
But how long should the Obsoletes statements be left in the spec file?
Should they stay there permanently, or should they be removed after some period
of time, say after a few years?
In particular, the KiCAD documentation used to be in a dozen packages, one
per language. Between Fedora 23 and Fedora 24, this was changed, and all
languages were placed in a single package, and Obsoletes lines were added so
the new combined doc package could replace the individual language packages.
Should those Obsoletes be left in the spec file, or is it ok to remove them,
given that the name change happened 5 years ago?
Fedora requires that upgrading should be possible from N-2 to current, so the
TLDR version: Two releases. After that, there is no expectation that the system
should upgrade cleanly. So things like Obsoletes, and version conditionals can
be removed.
If I mis-spoke, I'm sure I'll be corrected shortly :)
Thanks! That makes sense.
Steve
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