Features/RPM4.9

Update RPM to 4.9

Summary

Update RPM to 4.9 in Fedora 15.

Owner

• Name: PanuMatilainen

Current status

• Targeted release: Fedora 15
• Last updated: 2010-08-12
• Percentage of completion: 0%

Detailed Description

The RPM development team would like to update Fedora RPM to a pre-release version of 4.9 as early as possible to leverage the wide testing that Fedora rawhide and beta releases get. A stable upstream version of the new RPM is expected be released well in for Fedora 15 alpha.

Benefit to Fedora

The full description can be found in http://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.9.0 (Draft)

The most visible improvements over previous versions:

• Pluggable & much more flexible dependency generator
• Further performance improvements
• Many bugfixes all over the place

Scope

TODO

Test Plan

TODO

User Experience

• The new RPM changes very little in the average "user experience":
  • Faster installs/upgrades
  • Some annoying bugs have been fixed

Dependencies

• No new dependencies.

Contingency Plan

• Revert to 4.8. The packaging changes somewhat with 4.9, complicating downgrades. Also a manual 'rpm --rebuilddb' would be required after downgrades so this is a very last-resort option (although it would only affect rawhide users).
• Avoid depending on new 4.9 features until final acceptance is gained.

Documentation

Release note draft document can be found in http://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.9.0

Release Notes

No need for release notes entry.

Comments and Discussion

• See Talk:Features/RPM4.9