I would prefer using the incompat process [0] to upgrade epel9's python-tox to version 4, and introducing a python-tox3 compat package. We could use the same naming scheme in Fedora if it makes any sense to keep tox 3 around there for some period of time.
[0] https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/epel/epel-policy-incompatible-upgrades/ On Wed, Dec 14, 2022 at 8:45 AM Miro Hrončok <mhron...@redhat.com> wrote: > > Hello folks. > > A new major version of tox was released. The bump form version 3 to version 4 > should be flawless to users but breaks all the plugins that have not been > updated to the new API yet. > > I would like to avoid the need to maintain tox 3 in EPEL9 for many years after > upstream abandoned it (they have no intention to do maintenance releases for > tox 3.x). > > We are currently upgrading to tox 4 in Fedora Rawhide. When the dust settles > I'd like to have the possibility to update it in EPEL too. > > One way to do it is to package a new tox4 component in EPEL 9 (and make it > conflict with tox < 4) and keep the old tox around until it breaks (the > breakage might mean it no longer supports a newly added Python version being > added to RHEL 9). > > Is that a sensible approach for EPEL? > > -- > Miro Hrončok > -- > Phone: +420777974800 > IRC: mhroncok > _______________________________________________ > epel-devel mailing list -- epel-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to epel-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/epel-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue -- Carl George _______________________________________________ epel-devel mailing list -- epel-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to epel-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/epel-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
