[Mageia-sysadm] Fwd: kde-l10n-en_US package changes

Tue May 3 04:23:03 CEST 2011

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+From: Ahmad Samir <ahmadsamir3891 at gmail.com>
+Date: 3 May 2011 04:22
+Subject: kde-l10n-en_US package changes
+To: Maegia development mailing-list <mageia-dev at mageia.org>
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+Hi,
+
+Previously the kde-l10n-en_US package was produced from the kdelibs4
+scr.rpm, this is an almost virtual package as it only contained one
+single file. The main purpose behind that split was so as not to force
+users who use the en_US system locale to install kde-l10n-en_GB
+package to satisfy the 'kde-l10n' requires in lib*kdecore5.
+
+This had a few problems, as:
+1) kde-l10n-en_US had an Epoch, inherited from the the kdelibs4 spec,
+from where it comes from
+2) it had a different release than the rest of the kde-l10n packages
+(that're produced by kde-l10n src.rpm).
+
+This has been changed and now kdelibs4 won't produce kde-l10n-en_US,
+instead that virtual package will come from the kde-l10n src.rpm, this
+should make it easier for users to select which kde-l10-* they want
+when installing task-kde4; previously kde-l10n-en_US was installed no
+matter what due to a wrong requires in lib*kdecore5, however even
+after fixing that bit, urpmi selected it without asking (either due to
+1) or 2) above, or to some other reason that I don't know :)).
+
+Since the old kde-l10n-en_US-4.6.2-7.mga1 had an Epoch, you'll need to
+remove it manually:
+# rpm -e --nodeps kde-l10n-en_US
+
+This issue only existed in Cooker and now in Cauldron, both are
+development releases, so no automatic obsoletes will be added (as this
+would interfere with the new package from kde-l10n src.rpm which
+doesn't have an Epoch)
+
+
+@sysadm team: please remove kde-l10n-en_US-4.6.2-7.mga1 from the
+master mirror manually, so that the new kde-l10n can be submitted.
+
+--
+Ahmad Samir
+
+
+
+-- 
+Ahmad Samir
+