Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski wrote:
Hi all,
Here's a draft that - after deciding which solution is best - should eventually be put into Packaging Guidelines:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingDrafts/UsingAlternatives
I tried to list all pros and cons of each solution. I'm personally hesitating between using %ghost or Provides:, but I'd prefer the Provides: solution.
If the only con of the %ghost solution is that it conflicts with "files owned by multiple packages are forbidden" I would prefer that. This is similar to the current exception to allow multiple packages to own the same directory when they are not in a hierarchical relationship. We would need to note this reasoning (or link to this) on the Conflicts page.
-Toshio