On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 05:00:16PM +0200, Fabio Valentini wrote: > > BTW. Can Obsoletes ever be removed? We have an Obsoletes: libelf <= > > 0.8.2-2 on elfutils-libelf since the original cvsdist import of 2004 > > because there used to be a different libelf implementation (with a dead > > upstream these days). Can I remove that? Or is it better to keep it > > "just in case"? > > Obsoletes for removed / renamed packages can usually be safely removed > after two stable fedora releases had them.
I think it's a good idea to keep them around to make it easier to upgrade from older versions, even if the upgrade is not officially supported. The "two release" rule is the minimum, and usually it doesn't hurt in any way to keep such obsoletes for a while (though not indefinitely). Zbyszek _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org
