[Mageia-dev] [changelog] [RPM] cauldron core/release task-obsolete-3-21.mga3

Wed Aug 1 13:26:48 CEST 2012

Le 01/08/2012 09:31, Guillaume Rousse a écrit :
+> Le 01/08/2012 08:46, Thierry Vignaud a écrit :
+>> On 1 August 2012 05:29, fwang <buildsystem-daemon at mageia.org> wrote:
+>>> fwang <fwang> 3-21.mga3:
+>>> + Revision: 277136
+>>> - obsolete db5.2 in favour of db5.3
+>>
+>> # urpmi --auto-select --keep -vv --debug
+>> (...)
+>> installed libreoffice-core-3.6.0.1-1.mga3.x86_64 is conflicting
+>> because of unsatisfied libdb-5.2.so()(64bit)
+>> unselecting task-obsolete-3-21.mga3.noarch
+>> A requested package cannot be installed:
+>> task-obsolete-3-21.mga3.noarch (in order to keep
+>> libreoffice-core-3.6.0.1-1.mga3.x86_64)
+>> Continue installation anyway? (Y/n)
+> Whoever had the brilliant idea of forcing package uninstallation just
+> because "they are not supported anymore" deserve a good spanking...
+> Especially when applied to libraries, whereas shipping them in specific
+> versioned subpackage 'libfication' was meant precisely to avoid this issue.
+
+Morevoer, it's quite ridiculous to focus on removing obsoleted package 
+from end users machines, without first cleaning our own infrastructure: 
+db5.2 is still present in the subversion repository, for instance...
+
+So, removing a package from the distribution should imply:
+1) removing it from the subversion repository
+2) removing it from the master package tree (adding obsoletes tag in any 
+package just for this is overkill)
+3) eventually removing it from end user machines, provided this last 
+step bring some added value (which is still unproven)
+
+
+-- 
+BOFH excuse #47:
+
+Complete Transient Lockout
+