[X2Go-Dev] Bug#755: cannot upgrade x2goServer on fedora 20 using yum

[Mike Gabriel]

Hi Mihai, hi Orion,

On  So 22 Mär 2015 03:12:31 CET, Mihai Moldovan wrote:

> On 18.03.2015 11:02 PM, Orion Poplawski wrote:
>> On 03/18/2015 12:10 AM, Mihai Moldovan wrote:
>>> On 25.01.2015 05:43 AM, Orion Poplawski wrote:
>>>> [...]
>>>>
>>>> I could probably have the Fedora x2goserver package provide
>>>> x2goserver-extensions to help with such situations.
>>> Please do. For both Fedora and EPEL, if possible.
>>>
>>> I just had to work around this in
>>> http://code.x2go.org/gitweb?p=x2gomatebindings.git;a=blobdiff;f=x2gomatebindings.spec;h=2e2485fe4e43d866ac09cd902fc45ce327ae8285;hp=49b80bed94a0e0455fe74ed824ce13e50695206a;hb=HEAD;hpb=df8c930d9294de22fa0aa14267ee4942f70b8939
>>>
>>> Thank you very much in advance.
>>> [...]
>> Sure, but why even have the x2goserver-extensions sub-package?  It requires
>> x2goserver and x2goserver requires it, so you can't install one  
>> without the other.
>
> To be *perfectly honest*? I don't know, ask Mike#1.

it's again related to mapping the .deb packaging to the way we package  
for .rpm distros.

First, the objective was: having the same package names for both ways  
of packaging, so that people can read/write docs alike for both distro  
types.

Second, in .spec files, there is no such thing as a "Recommends:"  
package relationship, so I used "Requires:" for what is under  
"Recommends:" in the .deb way of packaging.

Third, the package x2goserver-extensions and x2goserver-xsession have  
been contributed by me to X2Go. In the beginning, I wanted to make  
sure to provide some extra stuff that people can add to their X2Go  
Server installations. I did not want to enforce their usage on already  
deployed systems.

Then... The more bugs had been reported against x2goserver-xsession,  
the more I elevated the level of dependency (from nothing to Suggests:  
to Recommends:).

About x2goserver-extensions: keeping it as a separate package allows  
people (with a .deb based distro--it is under Recommends: IIRC) to  
remove the package and disable extensions globally. But now that  
several of our own X2Go components use the extension add-on package,  
this has virtually become a not-to-do scenario, actually.

I hope that helps to clarify the history of those add-on packages,  
that should actually by merged into the main x2goserver package. And...

   o Don't forget to scan the wiki.x2go.org site for those package  
names and update the passages appropriately.
   o Don't forget to provide transitional dummy package that allow  
smooth upgrade of systems having old versions of those packages  
installed.

light+love
Mike
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