macros.python2 requires update in F21+

[Haïkel]

Hi,

Recently, we had a lot of issues with openstack packages due to python
newer guidelines.
To fix upgrade path for python2 modules, you had to obsolete previous
python-xxx module.
Orion committed a fix in rawhide in the macro %python_provides that
fixes that issue.

http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/python.git/commit/?id=7fdb9bedcda48894b7b...
http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/python.git/commit/?id=cb9dd734593c52b84f0...

Could we backport these in F21/22/23 ?
It's rather critical, as we have less experienced packagers pushing
updates without checking
the upgrade path or provides/obsoletes. Having a reliable
%python_macros as in rawhide makes it more
robust and will avoid breaking users dependencies

I prefer that python maintainers do the update as it's a critical
package, but I don't mind doing it in their stead
if you approve this (if necessary)

Regards,
H.

[Haïkel]

Hi,

Nobody answered, should I assume that everyone is ok with me pushing
Orion's patches in F21 and F22?

Regards,
H.

2015-09-08 12:26 UTC+02:00, Haïkel :
> Hi,
>
> Recently, we had a lot of issues with openstack packages due to python
> newer guidelines.
> To fix upgrade path for python2 modules, you had to obsolete previous
> python-xxx module.
> Orion committed a fix in rawhide in the macro %python_provides that
> fixes that issue.
>
> http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/python.git/commit/?id=7fdb9bedcda48894b7b...
> http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/python.git/commit/?id=cb9dd734593c52b84f0...
>
> Could we backport these in F21/22/23 ?
> It's rather critical, as we have less experienced packagers pushing
> updates without checking
> the upgrade path or provides/obsoletes. Having a reliable
> %python_macros as in rawhide makes it more
> robust and will avoid breaking users dependencies
>
> I prefer that python maintainers do the update as it's a critical
> package, but I don't mind doing it in their stead
> if you approve this (if necessary)
>
> Regards,
> H.

[Robert Kuska]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Haïkel" 
> To: "Fedora Python SIG" 
> Cc: "Alan Pevec" , [e-mail]
> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 10:16:43 AM
> Subject: Re: macros.python2 requires update in F21+
>
> Hi,
>
> Nobody answered, should I assume that everyone is ok with me pushing
> Orion's patches in F21 and F22?
>
> Regards,
> H.
>
> 2015-09-08 12:26 UTC+02:00, Haïkel :
> > Hi,
> >
> > Recently, we had a lot of issues with openstack packages due to python
> > newer guidelines.
> > To fix upgrade path for python2 modules, you had to obsolete previous
> > python-xxx module.
> > Orion committed a fix in rawhide in the macro %python_provides that
> > fixes that issue.
> >
> > http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/python.git/commit/?id=7fdb9bedcda48894b7b...
> > http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/python.git/commit/?id=cb9dd734593c52b84f0...
> >
> > Could we backport these in F21/22/23 ?
> > It's rather critical, as we have less experienced packagers pushing
> > updates without checking
> > the upgrade path or provides/obsoletes. Having a reliable
> > %python_macros as in rawhide makes it more
> > robust and will avoid breaking users dependencies
> >
> > I prefer that python maintainers do the update as it's a critical
> > package, but I don't mind doing it in their stead
> > if you approve this (if necessary)
> >
> > Regards,
> > H.

Hi Haikel,

sorry for no response.

LGTM (as a co-maintainer)

--
Robert Kuska
{rkuska}

[Jason L Tibbitts III]

> > > > > "H" == Haïkel   writes:

H> Hi, Nobody answered, should I assume that everyone is ok with me
H> pushing Orion's patches in F21 and F22?

I'm for whatever works, but I should ask if there's any possibility of
getting these macros out of the main python package and into something
separate that we can update easily.  At least until we're done tweaking
things for the most part.  Some FPC folks are working on additional
macroization to handle the unfortunate EPEL multiple version situation
without having to make a mess of existing packages.

- J<