Fulko Hew wrote:
I decided to enable rawhide on my test F10 system, and do a yum update.
I get a lot of dependency failures like:
setroubleshoot-2.0.12-3.fc10.noarch from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: python(abi) = 2.5 is needed by package setroubleshoot-2.0.12-3.fc10.noarch (installed)
Any suggestions?
TIA Fulko
Agreed, F11 development is not ready for anything yet.
I have been trying to run F11 development updates, but with little success. I vary from 300 to abt 350 pkgs that are waiting for dependencies. The python abi=2.5 is a prime example.
I think development in Fedora has changed in personality. IMO it used to be you reported problems (ex: with dependencies) and in a few days, updates would come along to address the issue. Now everything is driven by some God awful complex script (so many things are being supportted). That has changed the output to often a 100 or more pkgs in a day. The pkgs are all over the map so I doubt it is possible to support with manual methods.
The problem, I think is, they are focused on script issues. Things like the python abi=2.5 has been a known problem for over a month now.
I also think things are not managed very well. The active development is using koji as a site. Those verbally complaining abt something not working as expected, have often been pointed to koji and advise that the problem had been fixed there, but hasn't made it to distro.
I thing a lot of people are using koji to support what they have from Rawhide. I have doggedly stayed away from that option because I figure for quality, it is important to not contaminate my Rawhide items. But that is not true for the 'propellor heads'. And when they get a work around like that, they stop the noise abt unsolved dependencies.
It seems to me that people like me should be screeming every few days that items like python have not been fixed in *weeks*, but I think people have left it up to Fedora mgmt to recognize the issue.
So much for 'volunteer' management.