Dne 06. 12. 22 v 17:09 Terry Barnaby napsal(a):
On 06/12/2022 15:56, Vít Ondruch wrote:
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> Dne 06. 12. 22 v 16:44 Terry Barnaby napsal(a):
>> On 06/12/2022 10:40, Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, 06 December 2022 at 07:43, Terry Barnaby wrote:
>>> [...]
>>>> My view is that compat versions of the commonly used shared libraries
>>>> for programs that are used on Redhat7 should be kept available until
>>>> most people are not producing programs for that system at least
>>>> +nyears and then I guess Redhat8 once that really becomes a core base
>>>> platform that external people use. A core list of these (there are
>>>> only a few) could be kept somewhere and when one is to be
>>>> depreciated,
>>>> or users see problems when Fedora is updated, a decision on this can
>>>> be then made with that info. This would keep the Fedora system
>>>> relevant for more users needs without too much work.
>>> Well, that is still *some* work and someone would have to do it.
>>> Are you
>>> volunteering?
>>>
>>>> In the case of ncurses, it is really just putting back into the SPEC
>>>> file that which was removed for F37 plus the extra storage on mirrors
>>>> for the compat RPM's.
>>> If it's "just" that, why don't you do it yourself?
Obviously, the
>>> current ncurses maintainer decided it was time to drop the old v5 ABI
>>> compat libs from the package. However, nothing is stopping you from
>>> picking that up and maintaining an "ncurses5" package for as long
>>> as you
>>> need it.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Dominik
>>
>> Well in this case I have created a suitable compat lib, all I did
>> was re-introduce the bits to the SPEC file that removed the building
>> of the compat lib and we are fine. I haven't separated it out from
>> the main ncurses SPEC through and have only done this locally as I
>> have no knowledge of the hoops to create a separate package and that
>> seems like the wrong way to do this in general. I have made this
>> available to others who will be in the same boat.
>>
>> But the purpose of my thread here is a more general Fedora policy
>> question as it affects users of Fedora as to what applications the
>> OS is likely to support. If the policy is to just support Fedora
>> built binaries within the particular version of Fedora and to ignore
>> external and commercial binaries built with say Redhat7 and provide
>> no degree of compatibility so be it, but it would be useful for
>> everyone to know where the land lies and be on the same page. The
>> maintainer of the ncurses package wasn't sure of the policy on this.
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> I wonder what is this claim based upon? Could you provide a link? And
> I wonder if there was such policy, would the maintainer changed their
> mind? I am asking because I don't think that any policy can be
> enforced unless there is somebody to pickup the work. So in this
> case, it should be enough to convince the maintainer to revert the
> changes, shouldn't be?
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> Vít
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Sorry, what claim ?
My question was specifically about the last sentence of the quote, e.g.
do you have any link to BZ ticket, ML or anywhere else where this was
discussed? That would help to get complete picture.
I have no issue with the maintainer in this particular instance, as
people have said if a maintainer doesn't want to support something
that is fine. And obviously a Policy may not be enforced, but at least
it would be a guideline. I understand the maintainer asked a question
on when to depreciate on this list, but had no replies.
Ah, so there was ML thread you are referring to. Is it this one?
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.o...
And this could also provide more context:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2150117
He took it that if the compat libs were not in use by any Fedora
packages for the release in question it should/could be depreciated
which is one approach.
It seems that Miroslav would consider the change if there was such
guidelines.
So do you have any specific gudelines draft?
I think this is always the same, if you really want Fedora to do
something, then it might need to take some action. Sometimes is enough
to open ticket or send email, other times it means to maintain package
or draft specific proposal for guidelines. You can even join the Fedora
governing bodies if you think it will help.
But I still think the best option for you and for the whole Fedora
community would be if you picked up the compat-ncurses package maintenance.
Vít