F34 Change proposal: Move deprecated bluetooth utilities to subpackage (Self-Contained Change)

[Ben Cotton]

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/BluetoothDeprecated

== Summary ==
Move deprecated bluez bluetooth utilities to a sub package to indicate
their status.

== Owner ==
* Name: [[User:pbrobinson| Peter Robinson]]
* Email: [mailto:[e-mail]| pbrobinson(a)fedoraproject.org]

== Detailed Description ==

There's a number of utilities in the upstream bluez bluetooth package
that have long been deprecated with their functionality replaced by
the core bluetoothctl utility. They're no longer receiving updates and
at some point may be removed. Move these utilities to a dedicated sub
package to indicate their upstream support status.

== Benefit to Fedora ==

Users are aware of the status of the various bluez utilities and why
they may not support newer bluetooth functionality.

== Scope ==
* Proposal owners:
** Create a sub package for deprecated bluetooth utilities, that is
installed on upgrade, but not installed by default on new installs.

* Other developers:
** No impact

* Policies and guidelines: N/A
* Trademark approval: N/A

== Upgrade/compatibility impact ==
The new sub package will be installed on upgrade if bluez is
installed, the deprecated utilities sub package will not be installed
by default on a new install but will be available in the package
repository.

== How To Test ==

Check the new package is installed on upgrade, check the new package
isn't installed for new installs

== User Experience ==

Users shouldn't notice any difference, these utilities aren't used by
standard bluetooth integration into desktops such as
mice/keyboards/audio. They are command line utilities and bluetoothctl
has superseded them and generally supports more functionality and
newer reversions of the bluetooth spec.

== Dependencies ==
N/A (not a System Wide Change)

== Contingency Plan ==

* Contingency mechanism: N/A it's a straight fowrard packaging change.
* Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
* Blocks release? No.
* Blocks product? No.

== Documentation ==
N/A (not a System Wide Change)

== Release Notes ==
N/A


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Ben Cotton
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[Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski]

On Thursday, 24 September 2020 at 17:54, Ben Cotton wrote:
>  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/BluetoothDeprecated
>  
>  == Summary ==
>  Move deprecated bluez bluetooth utilities to a sub package to indicate
>  their status. 
[...]
>  == User Experience ==
>  
>  Users shouldn't notice any difference, these utilities aren't used by
>  standard bluetooth integration into desktops such as
>  mice/keyboards/audio. They are command line utilities and bluetoothctl
>  has superseded them and generally supports more functionality and
>  newer reversions of the bluetooth spec. 
Can the names of affected utilities be listed specifically in the change
text?

Regards,
Dominik
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[Peter Robinson]

On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 11:37 AM Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski
<dominik(a)greysector.net&gt; wrote:
>  On Thursday, 24 September 2020 at 17:54, Ben Cotton wrote:
>  > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/BluetoothDeprecated
>  >
>  > == Summary ==
>  > Move deprecated bluez bluetooth utilities to a sub package to indicate
>  > their status.
>  [...]
>  > == User Experience ==
>  >
>  > Users shouldn't notice any difference, these utilities aren't used by
>  > standard bluetooth integration into desktops such as
>  > mice/keyboards/audio. They are command line utilities and bluetoothctl
>  > has superseded them and generally supports more functionality and
>  > newer reversions of the bluetooth spec.
>
>  Can the names of affected utilities be listed specifically in the change
>  text? 
Done