Can i Obsoletes core packages from extras package?

[Axel Thimm]

On Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 07:24:08AM -0500, Josh Boyer wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 13:08 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote:
> > seth vidal wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 12:50 +0530, Parag N(पराग़) wrote:
> > >> Hi,
> > >>   I am planning to add Gutenprint package to Fedora-extras. Gutenprint
> > >> was formerly called Gimp-Print. So once this package is in
> > >> Fedora-extras it needs first to remove following packages
> > >> gimp-print
> > >> gimp-print-cups
> > >> gimp-print-devel
> > >> gimp-print-plugin
> > >> gimp-print-utils
> > >>  But is it allowed to do that?
> > >> I have opened a review request for this package. You can check it at
> > >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=199108
> > >>
> > > 
> > > No. Absolutely not.
> > > 
> > > Extras packages are not allowed to obsolete or explicitly conflict with
> > > core.
> > 
> > I was pretty sure this was the case, but I can't seem to find it 
> > documented anywhere in the packaging guidelines. Did I miss somewhere?
> 
> I can't find it anywhere either.  I'm pretty sure that was an explicit
> thing mentioned in the past.  Perhaps when Core adopted Extras packaging
> guidelines that part got removed.
> 
> It should be added somewhere again.

It wasn't in any packaging guidelines but in the definition of Fedora
Extras on fedora.redhat.com. Maybe a new definition is needeexplaining
also other (non-)differences of Core and Extras?
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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