Dear all, About ten days ago I asked a question on this list, but I guess on one hand it was too specific, while on the other it coincided with people travelling to Flock or being on vacation. As I really want to get the package in question back in Fedora, I will ask again and I will try to be more abstract and concise. For anyone interested, there is a link to the original post at the end of this message.
Package foo, which depends on library bar for importing a certain type of files, was retired a couple of releases ago. The library is still in Fedora, in two different versions, with different functionality (bar2-2.0.0 & bar-oldsnapshot), but no other package depends on it. Since the retirement, both foo and bar saw active development with both projects sharing a few contributors; foo has had a number of public releases whereas bar hasn't had any, but there is an unreleased newer version (bar-3.0.0) in its VCS. Up to a specific release, the bar version bundled with foo was identical with upstream bar; that is no longer the case, as the bundled library is closer to that of the final public release, while the upstream version has been tweaked to work with a third program, which is also included in Fedora, but does not make use of the bar library. The upstream bar version won't work with foo for the moment. I have spoken with the upstream developers and I was told that both branches will merge back before the bar-3.0.0 public release. So what I am asking is this: Is it OK if I (re)introduce two packages, foo and bar3, obsoleting bar and bar2 at the same time, but using foo's source for bar or should I opt to keep bar bundled with foo, until the two different forks are reunited? Best regards Alex https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/EMVB3JGM5AZVVO7NA3E7DHJLB32CMJJW/ _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
