BTW , Have we a guideline how should we do a compat package ? I recently did 2 packages for el7 [1] but I did without any guideline .
I saw different ways to do the package , have we any guide officially ?
Thanks
[1]
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/sergiomb/SambaAD/package/compat-gnut...
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/sergiomb/SambaAD/package/compat-nett...
"SB" == Sérgio Basto sergio@serjux.com writes:
SB> Have we a guideline how should we do a compat package ?
Generally we don't do compat packages these days because you can just create a separate package for a specific version. It doesn't even require a package review.
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/Naming/#_multiple_...
SB> https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/sergiomb/SambaAD/package/compat-gnut...
gnutls3.4
SB> https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/sergiomb/SambaAD/package/compat-nett...
nettle3.2
Of course these packages are like any other and must not conflict with other packages. This includes the base "gnutls" and "nettle" packages. None of this is specific to EPEL.
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