RPM and GEMS conflict of interest

[Mamoru Tasaka]

Gilles Dubreuil wrote, at 06/24/2010 08:57 PM +9:00:
>
> I understand and respect the "not encouraged" to deploy several versions
> of a same package.
> Although technically it works like in the compat libs or many other
> packages like opensslX and many others apps for legacy dependencies.
>
> Therefore having two version of JVM or JDK for instance should never be
> allowed from an RPM point of view? And we we would have to rely on using
> "alternatives" to create symbolic links and stub config files?

Again "you can just do the thing if you try" and "it is not supported or is against
Fedora's policy" is quite a different thing.

>
> Sorry to insist but isn't up to the user/sysadmin to decide what to
> install on the box? And be able to simply deploy concurrent versions of
> libraries?
>

This is no longer an issue which should be talked on ruby-sig. Please
bring further discussion on devel or packaging list.

Mamoru