Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-26 Thread Simon Andrews
Alexander Boström wrote: Den 2009-06-25 13:07, Simon Andrews skrev: If all anaconda upgrades are going to be online Anaconda upgrades initiated through Preupgrade do not require a network connection. They will if one of the conditions for upgrading is going to be access to the updates

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-26 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 06/26/2009 04:04 PM, Simon Andrews wrote: Alexander Boström wrote: Den 2009-06-25 13:07, Simon Andrews skrev: If all anaconda upgrades are going to be online Anaconda upgrades initiated through Preupgrade do not require a network connection. They will if one of the conditions for

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-26 Thread Jesse Keating
On Fri, 2009-06-26 at 07:44 -0400, Seth Vidal wrote: Preupgrade has access to the network BEFORE the anaconda run, that's the whole point. It processes the pkg lists and downloads all the needed pkgs beforehand. So the anaconda run won't need network access b/c all the pkgs are taken

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-26 Thread Seth Vidal
On Fri, 26 Jun 2009, Jesse Keating wrote: On Fri, 2009-06-26 at 07:44 -0400, Seth Vidal wrote: Preupgrade has access to the network BEFORE the anaconda run, that's the whole point. It processes the pkg lists and downloads all the needed pkgs beforehand. So the anaconda run won't need

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-25 Thread Simon Andrews
Kevin Kofler wrote: Simon Andrews wrote: I don't see the problem with forcing the use of these packages during an upgrade regardless of what versions were on the original system. You'd be left with a functional system Not really. Things like KDE config files processed by kconf_update,

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-25 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 06/25/2009 01:37 PM, Simon Andrews wrote: 1) All of our servers have to access the internet via a proxy. At least within the Anaconda UI there doesn't appear to be any support for configuring proxies so I'm forced into kickstart / shells / extra boot options to upgrade? Do you have a

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-25 Thread Nicolas Mailhot
Le Jeu 25 juin 2009 10:07, Simon Andrews a écrit : 1) All of our servers have to access the internet via a proxy. At least within the Anaconda UI there doesn't appear to be any support for configuring proxies so I'm forced into kickstart / shells / extra boot options to upgrade? BTW,

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-25 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, Simon Andrews simon.andr...@bbsrc.ac.uk said: 1) All of our servers have to access the internet via a proxy. At least within the Anaconda UI there doesn't appear to be any support for configuring proxies so I'm forced into kickstart / shells / extra boot options to

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-25 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, Simon Andrews simon.andr...@bbsrc.ac.uk said: Can anaconda handle wireless network connections for upgrades? I think it can, for the NICs supported out-of-the-box. I haven't tried it, but I know my wireless NIC shows up on my notebook. -- Chris Adams cmad...@hiwaay.net

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-25 Thread Seth Vidal
On Thu, 25 Jun 2009, Simon Andrews wrote: Not really. Things like KDE config files processed by kconf_update, Firefox profiles, Amarok databases etc. will have been converted to the format expected by the new version, downgrading is not supported by upstream and the old version may thus not

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-24 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:02:18 +0200, Kevin wrote: Michael Schwendt wrote: Then with the switch to koji+bodhi a few package owners complained loudly about false positives that were caused by pending builds, which were not found in the master repo yet. A few other package owners jumped upon

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-24 Thread Simon Andrews
Kevin Kofler wrote: this time the DVD has become completely useless for upgrades, unless you like having to fetch an updated yum by hand (which, if you are a KDE user, you have to do from runlevel 3 because KDE (including KDM) is also broken after the upgrade for basically the same reason yum is

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-24 Thread Kevin Kofler
Simon Andrews wrote: I don't see the problem with forcing the use of these packages during an upgrade regardless of what versions were on the original system. You'd be left with a functional system Not really. Things like KDE config files processed by kconf_update, Firefox profiles, Amarok

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-24 Thread Nicolas Mailhot
Le Mer 24 juin 2009 12:01, Kevin Kofler a écrit : Not really. Things like KDE config files processed by kconf_update, Firefox profiles, Amarok databases etc. will have been converted to the format expected by the new version, downgrading is not supported by upstream and the old version

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-23 Thread Adam Williamson
On Mon, 2009-06-22 at 09:31 +0200, Jesse Keating wrote: If you have any ideas I'd like to hear them. A super epoch has already been suggested but that just masks the problem and may cause unwanted downgrades. Any solution either involves severly limiting what kind of updates can be done

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-23 Thread Kevin Kofler
Michael Schwendt wrote: Then with the switch to koji+bodhi a few package owners complained loudly about false positives that were caused by pending builds, which were not found in the master repo yet. A few other package owners jumped upon the train and questioned the usefulness of the script,

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-23 Thread Jesse Keating
On Jun 24, 2009, at 0:46, Adam Williamson awill...@redhat.com wrote: On Mon, 2009-06-22 at 09:31 +0200, Jesse Keating wrote: If you have any ideas I'd like to hear them. A super epoch has already been suggested but that just masks the problem and may cause unwanted downgrades. Any

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-23 Thread Kevin Kofler
Nathanael D. Noblet wrote: For example people with updates-testing enabled on fc10 got a non-upgraded yum because the versions were the same (except for fc10/fc11) and it stopped working because python went from 2.5 to 2.6 So to RPM the fc10/fc11 isn't being compared, at least not that I

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-23 Thread Kevin Kofler
Jussi Lehtola wrote: Does anaconda currently force installs of core packages such as yum? No. This is quite important if the version in the old distro is newer than that on the DVD. You just end up with a broken yum. Kevin Kofler -- fedora-devel-list mailing list

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-23 Thread Kevin Kofler
Rahul Sundaram wrote: On 06/22/2009 12:54 PM, Jesse Keating wrote: Not possible while we allow people to keep making updates to the older releases. Those updates quickly become version ( not just release even ) higher than the static copies on the release medium and repos. Is there any

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-22 Thread Jesse Keating
On Jun 22, 2009, at 1:08, Dave Jones da...@redhat.com wrote: On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 04:56:07PM -0600, Nathanael D. Noblet wrote: I *wish* it made a difference. I did an upgrade am an left with a host of fc10 packages because the fc11 ones weren't considered newer. For example people

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-22 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 06/22/2009 12:54 PM, Jesse Keating wrote: Not possible while we allow people to keep making updates to the older releases. Those updates quickly become version ( not just release even ) higher than the static copies on the release medium and repos. Is there any proposed solution to this

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-22 Thread Frank Murphy
On 22/06/09 08:24, Jesse Keating wrote: That's messed up. We used to check just before release time that this situation never occured. It should probably be added to the rel-eng release checklist if it isn't there already. Dave Not possible while we allow people to keep making updates

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-22 Thread Jesse Keating
On Jun 22, 2009, at 9:26, Rahul Sundaram sunda...@fedoraproject.org wrote: On 06/22/2009 12:54 PM, Jesse Keating wrote: Not possible while we allow people to keep making updates to the older releases. Those updates quickly become version ( not just release even ) higher than the

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-22 Thread Jesse Keating
On Jun 22, 2009, at 9:29, Frank Murphy frankl...@gmail.com wrote: On 22/06/09 08:24, Jesse Keating wrote: That's messed up. We used to check just before release time that this situation never occured. It should probably be added to the rel-eng release checklist if it isn't there

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-22 Thread Jussi Lehtola
On Mon, 2009-06-22 at 09:31 +0200, Jesse Keating wrote: On Jun 22, 2009, at 9:26, Rahul Sundaram sunda...@fedoraproject.org wrote: On 06/22/2009 12:54 PM, Jesse Keating wrote: Not possible while we allow people to keep making updates to the older releases. Those updates quickly

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-22 Thread Frank Murphy
On 22/06/09 08:32, Jesse Keating wrote: Maybe, freeze all updates nearing a GA, And keep them frozen indefinitely? -- Jes Duh!, forgot the coffee. That would get the early adopters, then nearing EOL of current eg 9. Only allow updates for 11. Same when 10 is EOL. Just update most

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-22 Thread Jesse Keating
On Jun 22, 2009, at 9:38, Frank Murphy frankl...@gmail.com wrote: On 22/06/09 08:32, Jesse Keating wrote: Maybe, freeze all updates nearing a GA, And keep them frozen indefinitely? -- Jes Duh!, forgot the coffee. That would get the early adopters, then nearing EOL of current eg 9.

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-22 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 06/22/2009 01:01 PM, Jesse Keating wrote: If you have any ideas I'd like to hear them. A super epoch has already been suggested but that just masks the problem and may cause unwanted downgrades. Any solution either involves severly limiting what kind of updates can be done or requiring

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-22 Thread Josh Boyer
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 01:14:55PM +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: On 06/22/2009 01:01 PM, Jesse Keating wrote: If you have any ideas I'd like to hear them. A super epoch has already been suggested but that just masks the problem and may cause unwanted downgrades. Any solution either involves

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-22 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 06/22/2009 04:49 PM, Josh Boyer wrote: I think you mean before pushing rather than signing, but this idea has been suggested before. Well, if you aren't going to push anyway, then signing it wouldn't be that useful, right? A koji build can be a trigger for the script check instead of a

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-22 Thread Reindl Harald
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 There are still packagers who bump %version or %release in old dist updates without considering the consequences with regard to dist upgrades. I think this is the real problem If this hits yum or any package yum depends on you have no chance for

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-22 Thread Josh Boyer
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 04:53:10PM +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: On 06/22/2009 04:49 PM, Josh Boyer wrote: I think you mean before pushing rather than signing, but this idea has been suggested before. Well, if you aren't going to push anyway, then signing it wouldn't be that useful, right?

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-22 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 06/22/2009 05:35 PM, Josh Boyer wrote: Isn't the scripts Michael Schwendt refers to, not useful anymore? Even It's useful. It's generally after the fact though, and in the long run I think we want to be proactive, not reactive. I agree but we aren't even reacting much now. If the

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-22 Thread Josh Boyer
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 06:20:07PM +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: On 06/22/2009 05:35 PM, Josh Boyer wrote: Isn't the scripts Michael Schwendt refers to, not useful anymore? Even It's useful. It's generally after the fact though, and in the long run I think we want to be proactive, not

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-22 Thread Nicolas Mailhot
Le Lun 22 juin 2009 15:26, Josh Boyer a écrit : True. Care to file a rel-eng ticket suggesting we setup a cronjob to do so? The script will likely need some rework and it may take some time, but the ticket is a good starting point. Can a ticket be opened to run other periodic checks for

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-22 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 06/22/2009 06:56 PM, Josh Boyer wrote: On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 06:20:07PM +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: On 06/22/2009 05:35 PM, Josh Boyer wrote: Isn't the scripts Michael Schwendt refers to, not useful anymore? Even It's useful. It's generally after the fact though, and in the long run I

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-22 Thread Jeff Spaleta
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 8:32 AM, Dave Jonesda...@redhat.com wrote: Considering these updates are supposed to be for our 'stable' release, having them be in $nextrelease first seems like a good idea anyway. including rawhide? Do you want security fix updates to block on rawhide not composing in

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-22 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:18:39 -0400, Tom wrote: Jeff Spaleta writes: On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 8:32 AM, Dave Jones wrote: Considering these updates are supposed to be for our 'stable' release, having them be in $nextrelease first seems like a good idea anyway. including rawhide? Yes,

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-22 Thread Jesse Keating
On Jun 22, 2009, at 18:32, Dave Jones da...@redhat.com wrote: On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 09:31:32AM +0200, Jesse Keating wrote: On Jun 22, 2009, at 9:26, Rahul Sundaram sunda...@fedoraproject.org wrote: On 06/22/2009 12:54 PM, Jesse Keating wrote: Not possible while we allow people to

Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-21 Thread Bharath
Hi all, Why is necessary to have a particular package tagged as fc10 or fc11?? What is the significance.? As it is, versions of the packages keep changing independent of the Fedora versions. For example : kdebase-4.2.3-1.fc10.i386 is available for fc10 and the same version

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-21 Thread Prasad H. L.
I second this. Can't we have only one stable repository which is for Fedora, instead of one each FC10, FC11, ...? development, testing and stable three repositories for Fedora as a whole and snapshots of stable as releases? That would make definitely user's life simple and I believe would make

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-21 Thread Jussi Lehtola
On Sun, 2009-06-21 at 18:22 +0530, Prasad H. L. wrote: I second this. Can't we have only one stable repository which is for Fedora, instead of one each FC10, FC11, ...? development, testing and stable three repositories for Fedora as a whole and snapshots of stable as releases? That

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-21 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:52:18 +0200, drago01 wrote: On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 2:42 PM, Bharathajeetbhar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Why is necessary to have a particular package tagged as fc10 or fc11?? What is the significance.? As it is, versions of the packages keep changing

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-21 Thread Dave Jones
On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 04:56:07PM -0600, Nathanael D. Noblet wrote: I *wish* it made a difference. I did an upgrade am an left with a host of fc10 packages because the fc11 ones weren't considered newer. For example people with updates-testing enabled on fc10 got a non-upgraded yum

Re: Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

2009-06-21 Thread Ben Boeckel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nathanael D. Noblet wrote: On 06/21/2009 09:14 AM, Michael Schwendt wrote: Yes, and let me add that the .fc10 and .fc11 (the dist- tag) is part of the package Release value not just the package file name. That makes the .fc11 package newer