On Wed, 2015-02-04 at 03:47 -0500, Stephen Gallagher wrote: > (Sorry for top-post) > I'm forwarding this to the packaging list for input on the > arch-to-noarch question. > The packaging list noted an issue[1] from the past. The complete discussion can be viewed starting from here[2] From the description there, I think the switch should be possible as long as the new version is given an Obsoletes: for the old version. I think the real issues began when dealing with a library that would be multi-arch when it became archful. [1] https://fedorahosted.org/fpc/ticket/117 [2] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/packaging/2015-February/010449.html > > On Tue, 2015-02-03 at 10:42 -0600, Troy Dawson wrote: > > Hi All, > > I was going through, updating my nodejs package for rawhide (f22) when I > > found the nodejs-ws went from binary to pure javascript with version 0.7.1. > > > > So, my question is this. Do I continue to leave it as an arch, so I > > don't break thing, so should I go to noarch. > > > > Switching from an arch to a noarch has bitten me in the past when people > > do updates. I don't know if that is still the case. > > > > What are people's thoughts. Should I switch it to a noarch? > > I'm not planning on backporting this to older distributions if that > > matters in the decision. > > > > Thanks > > Troy Dawson > > > > p.s. Side note - This update also requires nodejs-ultron, if anyone > > wants to do a review request. > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1188763 > > > > p.p.s. If there is already a fedora page explaining arch to noarch > > policies, that would be great. Feel free to point me to it. > > _______________________________________________ > > nodejs mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/nodejs > > _______________________________________________ > nodejs mailing list > [email protected] > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/nodejs
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