Conflicts · Re: [Bug 226377] Merge Review: rpm

Michael Schwendt bugs.michael at gmx.net
Mon Aug 27 17:21:53 UTC 2007


On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:10:52 -0400, Jesse Keating wrote:

> Conflicts are not allowed per the packaging guidelines. Any instance of
> current Fedora packages that conflict either explicitly or implicitly
> (via files) with another current Fedora package is considered a bug and
> would not pass review if brought new to the project.

Still not true. There are exceptions. Else a few current Fedora
packages, which conflict explicitly, could not be in the collection.
Other packages live on happily with bugs filed but no fix for a very
long time.

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Conflicts




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