On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 8:07 AM Miro Hrončok <mhron...@redhat.com> wrote: > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/GuidelinesAndPolicies#Conflicts_in_compat_packages > > """Due to the EPEL policy of maintaining backwards compatibility, EPEL has a > greater need for forward compat packages than Fedora. When creating, a compat > package, note that it is okay to set a Conflicts between them as noted in the > Conflicts Guidelines. At this time, this is only allowed for packages > overriding > packages in EPEL, not in RHEL Base.""" > > What does "RHEL Base" mean in this context? > > Is it everything listed in > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQ#Does_EPEL_replace_packages_provided_within_Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_or_layered_products.3F > ?
Correct, what you are pointing to is considered the "RHEL Base". > > What does "At this time" mean? Can an exception be requested for this? > I didn't write that, but I believe you are also correct. "At this time" is an escape clause in case something comes up in the future. There would have to be a good reason. It would need to be approved by the steering committee. It would need to be documented somewhere. > -- > Miro Hrončok > -- > Phone: +420777974800 > IRC: mhroncok > _______________________________________________ > epel-devel mailing list -- epel-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to epel-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/epel-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org _______________________________________________ epel-devel mailing list -- epel-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to epel-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/epel-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org
