On Wed, 24 Apr 2019 at 06:23, Miro Hrončok <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> since the plan is to have some python3-... packages in RHEL proper, should
> we
> adapt the %python_provide macro to provide python3-... when it gets
> python36-...?
>
> %{python_provide python36-foo} currently does nothing.
> I propose to change it to do: Provides: python3-foo =
> %{version}-%{release}.
>
>
Thank you for asking for input on this... I think that your view as subject
matter expert has a lot of weight here and EPEL will most likely go with
that. However getting input from people who are affected can make that
clearer.
> Note: %{python_provide python2-foo} currently adds obsoletes, let's not
> add them
> for the python36 case (there is nothing to obsolete here, quite the
> opossite -
> python3-foo from RHEL would in theory obsolete python36-foo from EPEL).
>
> Arguably, this discussion should have happened before we did the mass
> rebuild
> for 3.4 -> 3.6 transition, however I don't consider such provides
> essential. The
> idea is to change the macro, but don't mass rebuild - instead start
> providing
> the provides gradually.
>
> Note that not all EPEL7 Python 3 packages use this macro, but many do.
>
>
Should they?
> --
> Miro Hrončok
> --
> Phone: +420777974800
> IRC: mhroncok
> _______________________________________________
> epel-devel mailing list -- [email protected]
> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
> 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/[email protected]
>
--
Stephen J Smoogen.
_______________________________________________
epel-devel mailing list -- [email protected]
To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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/[email protected]
