On Tue, Mar 09, 2021 at 04:11:55PM -0600, Chris Adams wrote:
I have seen third-party install scripts and such that parse that
file
and look for "Fedora" to take actions/set variables/etc. for Fedora
Linux. You can say "we don't support third-party anything", but it's
still going to cause issues for some users.
That's why I'm filing this for F35, so there's time to change. Scripts that
are looking at NAME rather than ID aren't following the spec correctly and
should be updated.
Is there any plan for the Fedora Project to make another full OS
(that
would have a different value in os-release)? Or is this just a
pre-emptive "we might someday"?
I don't think that's a requirement; we have non-OS Fedora Things that aren't
part of Fedora Linux. It's confusing for bare "Fedora" to mean the OS, but
lose that when another word is put after it.
This certainly would be useful if openSUSE takes up my offer to come under
our umbrella, though. :)
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Matthew Miller
<mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org>
Fedora Project Leader