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

Wed Aug 1 16:29:53 CEST 2012

* Thierry Vignaud (thierry.vignaud at gmail.com) wrote:
+> On 1 August 2012 15:43, Guillaume Rousse <guillomovitch at gmail.com> wrote:
+> >> Within mageia, libreoffice packages are supposed to replace old
+> >> openoffice packages, so obsoletes are needed.
+> >
+> > Unless they are effective file conflict, and libreoffice can't be installed
+> > simultaneously, I see no actual reason to force its removal.
+> 
+> They do conflicts.
+> We do not maintain it anymore.
+> We do no want to have bugs reports about package Y on mgaX about
+> packages "that were obviously build by mga" (yes but for mgaX-10).
+
+Yes but:
+- it's up to packagers to point the package is not supported anymore (as
+  it is not on mirrors)
+- the obsolete should be in the package that replace the previous one
+  (the word 'replace' is important)
+- it is really a bad practice to choose for users what is good or not.
+
+Moreover there is a really bad effect: updating a system can cause to a
+package to removed because task-obsolete is installed.
+
+I am in favor to drop this package.
+
+Regards.
+
+-- 
+
+Olivier Thauvin
+CNRS  -  LATMOS
+♖ ♘ ♗ ♕ ♔ ♗ ♘ ♖
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