On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 02:06:43PM +0200, Miro Hron=C4=8Dok wrote:
> On 07. 07. 20 14:08, Tomas Orsava wrote:
> > On 6/30/20 9:10 PM, Miro Hron=C4=8Dok wrote:
> > > On 30. 06. 20 21:03, Kevin Fenzi wrote:
> > > > I don't think a package-review is needed? It would just be unretiri=
ng
> > > > the fedora branches of an existing package?
> > >=20
> > > Technically, the package is "retired for 8+ weeks" on Fedora. Hence
> > > a new review request.
> > >=20
> > > > That said, I am -1 on the idea.
> > > >=20
> > > > You have no idea how many people try to install epel packages on fe=
dora.
> > > > We had to explicitly add a Conflicts to try and reduce this, and th=
at
> > > > was with them in another repo entirely!
> > > >=20
> > > > I fear if we do this more people will start installing stuff from e=
pel
> > > > on fedora and cause a lot of breakage.
> > >=20
> > > I understand the concern, but am not considering it a blocker for
> > > this, especially since people will find a way to download the epel
> > > packages anyway. This does not allow `dnf install epel-release` on
> > > Fedora neither are the repos enabled. The amount of work to actually
> > > use this package to install epel packages on Fedora is more or less
> > > the same as downloading the packages from Koji or EPEL mirrors.
> >=20
> >=20
> > +1 from me. People will always do weird things, if they want rope, I sa=
y
> > let them have it.
> > But that shouldn't stop us from making life easier for packagers. I
> > myself would use this.
>=20
> The discussion kinda stopped. I don't want to force the package in, but I=
'd
> like to have some resolution. Is there a better way to achieve the result=
s
> with less risk?
Well, not sure. Is there some way to put the repo files in a doc space
or something and only get repoquery to use them, not normal dnf
commands? I can't think of how to make it work, but perhaps dnf people
could? could we request a special /etc/dnf/repoquery.d/ dir or
something?
Failing that, can they at least have a big comment block explaining that
you shouldn't use them to install any packages with?
kevin