On 02/13/2015 12:15 PM, Rex Dieter wrote: > Hedayat Vatankhah wrote: > >> 2. No reviews are required for new libfooX packages (as it is not >> required right now when you update your libfoo package > > I disagree with this point, reviews are important, arguably *more* important > in special cases like parallel-installable libraries. > >> For -devel packages, two methods can be allowed: >> 1. Simple: -devel packages conflict with each other, so while you can >> have multiple versions of libfoo installed, you can have only a single >> version of libfoo-devel installed >> 2. Flexible: Provide the possibility of installing multiple -devel >> versions, and a method to select the "default" one, like the >> alternatives system. > > +1 for option 2, option 1 is bad, there be dragons.
Option 1 is not viable. On a machine that has multiple developers using it what happens when developer A needs devel rpm version X while developer B needs devel version Y? They have to take turns? Also people doing development on the machine might not be system admins. Asking a system admin to keep installing (and uninstalling) devel packages is not going to work. -Will > > > Though there are many opportunities for bikeshedding, the rest of your > proposal seems reasonable. > > -- Rex > -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
