[Mageia-dev] RFP: commenting obsoletes for later removal

Sat Dec 17 16:39:31 CET 2011

On Saturday, December 17, 2011 08:04:42 AM Johnny A. Solbu wrote:
+> On Saturday 17 December 2011 14:13, Maarten Vanraes wrote:
+> > so that later <...> we can remove older obsoletes in a structured way.
+> 
+> This might be obvious, but just in case it ain't.
+> One need to make sure that the obsoleted package is removed from the new
+> release's and mirrors before removing the obsoletes from the spec file, if
+> that's what you were thinking of. The proposed wiki article('s) and
+> documentation should say something about it.
+> 
+> > # Obsoletes: mga2
+> > (before the obsolete line)
+> 
+> The wording needs a little working on. The example suggest that mga2 is to
+> be obsoleted. and clearly that ain't the intetion. ;-)= I'd sugest
+> "Obsoleted in: mga2"
+> 
+> A combination of that and Anssi's suggestion could work.
+> # Obsoleted in: mga2 - added 2011-04
+I don't care about the form, but I think it's a good idea and when someone 
+will put it into the documentation, even better :)
+
+-- 
+Best regards
+Thomas Spuhler
+