ATrpms and FC5/RHEL5

John Ellson ellson at research.att.com
Sat Dec 31 22:56:00 UTC 2005


Rex Dieter wrote:
> Axel Thimm wrote:
>
>> If so, is there any redhat.com folk that would be willing to add
>> versioned obsoletes/provides to core specfiles? That's neccessary to
>> ensure upgradability.
>
> They (redhat folk) have been receptive to Versioning previously 
> non-versioned Obsoletes/Provides in the past when I've requested it on 
> several occasions.
>
> However, if you're asking in the context "will they add these simply 
> to be compatible/upgradable with ATrpms", then I bet the proposition 
> will be less well-received.
>
> -- Rex
>
Please don't make this into a political thing.   Axel provides a great 
service to the Redhat/Fedora
user community.  Lets have a discussion about the technicalities, and 
just do it.

Can I assume we're looking for solutions that also help DAG, Dries, Livna ?

John





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