Revert "Move fuse-overlayfs to suggests" for Fedora 40 and older #2203
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Fedora completely ignores Suggests by default [1]. So, listing anything
as Suggests is as good as not mentioning it at all, unless it's intended
for tools and users who specifically respect it.
Downgrading the dependency on fuse-overlayfs to Suggests can make it go
missing from the user's system, and break old Toolbx containers [2].
This is a problem because when Fedora 40 was released, it included
containers-common-0.58.0-2.fc40 [3,4], which still had:
Recommends: fuse-overlayfs
Requires: (fuse-overlayfs if fedora-release-identity-server)
The change to Suggests in Fedora commit 447945e59a01cb67 ("Move
fuse-overlayfs to suggests") was made after that.
Such breaking changes are not meant for stable Fedora releases to avoid
surprising users, and are best done in the next upcoming version [5].
This is particularly true for atomic Fedora variants like Silverblue,
where the fuse-overlayfs RPM fell off the operating system image and had
to be reinstated [6]. It could also happen to those using other Fedora
variants, if, for example, they were trying to use a Kickstart for
installation.
This reverts Fedora commit 447945e59a01cb6715ed2a21877d45bf0b91ef67 for
Fedora 40 and older releases.
[1] https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/WeakDependencies/
[2] https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/rpm-ostree-update-breaks-toolbox-fedora-40
[3] See the f40 tag against containers-common-0.58.0-2.fc40:
https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=2423622
[4] The update with containers-common-0.58.0-2.fc40 was marked as stable
before Final Freeze started:
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-a267e93f8c
https://fedorapeople.org/groups/schedule/f-40/f-40-key-tasks.html
[5] https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fesco/Updates_Policy/
[6] workstation-ostree-config commit c7f72d2cd5eea6b1
https://pagure.io/workstation-ostree-config/c/c7f72d2cd5eea6b1
https://pagure.io/workstation-ostree-config/pull-request/526
Signed-off-by: Debarshi Ray <[email protected]>
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Fedora 40 scratch build: Fedora 41 scratch build: Fedora Rawhide scratch build: |
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Ephemeral COPR build failed. @containers/packit-build please check. |
DNF is erroring out with: |
it's been fixed on centos, but mirror propagation may take a while. We can ignore that if need be. |
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/packit rebuild-failed |
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/lgtm |
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Thanks for the review!
What was the problem? I am just curious. |
Looks like some metadata info went bad and got synced to all mirrors. |
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/hold cancel @Luap99 could you please slash-approve this? |
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Fedora completely ignores
Suggestsby default [1]. So, listing anything asSuggestsis as good as not mentioning it at all, unless it's intended for tools and users who specifically respect it.Downgrading the dependency on
fuse-overlayfstoSuggestscan make it go missing from the user's system, and break old Toolbx containers [2].This is a problem because when Fedora 40 was released, it included
containers-common-0.58.0-2.fc40[3,4], which still had:The change to
Suggestsin Fedora commit 447945e59a01cb67 ("Move fuse-overlayfs to suggests") was made after that.Such breaking changes are not meant for stable Fedora releases to avoid surprising users, and are best done in the next upcoming version [5]. This is particularly true for atomic Fedora variants like Silverblue, where the
fuse-overlayfsRPM fell off the operating system image and had to be reinstated [6]. It could also happen to those using other Fedora variants, if, for example, they were trying to use a Kickstart for installation.This reverts Fedora commit 447945e59a01cb6715ed2a21877d45bf0b91ef67 for Fedora 40 and older releases.
[1] https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/WeakDependencies/
[2] https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/rpm-ostree-update-breaks-toolbox-fedora-40
[3] See the
f40tag againstcontainers-common-0.58.0-2.fc40:https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=2423622
[4] The update with
containers-common-0.58.0-2.fc40was marked as stablebefore Final Freeze started:
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-a267e93f8c
https://fedorapeople.org/groups/schedule/f-40/f-40-key-tasks.html
[5] https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fesco/Updates_Policy/
[6] workstation-ostree-config commit c7f72d2cd5eea6b1
https://pagure.io/workstation-ostree-config/c/c7f72d2cd5eea6b1
https://pagure.io/workstation-ostree-config/pull-request/526