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Prevent from building packages providing python3dist(...) = 0
Summary
It may happen that Python packages built using setuptools build with false version metadata. They generate a wrong provide in format python3dist(...) = 0. While version 0 (or equal versions like 0.0 or 0.0.0) is probably technically valid, in most cases it indicates a packaging error. We propose to prevent this error from happening by explicitly erroring (and failing the build) when such provides was generated.
Owner
- Name: Miro Hrončok, Karolina Surma
- Email: mhroncok@redhat.com, ksurma@redhat.com
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora Linux 38
- Last updated: 2022-11-02
- FESCo issue: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
- Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
- Release notes tracker: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
Detailed Description
This change is only about automatic RPM provides in the following forms:
python3dist(...) = 0
It does not affect any other provides.
TBD
Feedback
Benefit to Fedora
Much. TBD
Scope
- Proposal owners:
- implement & test the change in pythondistdeps.py
- ...
- Other developers:
- ...
- Release engineering: not needed for this Change
- Policies and guidelines: not needed for this Change
- Trademark approval: not needed for this Change
- Alignment with Objectives: TBD
Upgrade/compatibility impact
This is done together with the Python 3.11 update to not have to deal with little problems, such as packages that can't be rebuilt after the manual requirements were changed.
How To Test
TBD
User Experience
The actual users should notice no difference.
Dependencies
TBD
Contingency Plan
- Contingency mechanism: TBD
- Contingency deadline: TBD
- Blocks release? No
Documentation
N/A (not a System Wide Change)