Bug 1149689 - add a deprecated note to /etc/fedora-release
Summary: add a deprecated note to /etc/fedora-release
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: fedora-release
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Dennis Gilmore
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2014-10-06 13:16 UTC by Rahul Sundaram
Modified: 2014-10-06 20:36 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2014-10-06 20:36:01 UTC
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Description Rahul Sundaram 2014-10-06 13:16:54 UTC 
Description of problem:

Add a note to /etc/fedora-release marking it as deprecated.  I would suggest adding a note as follows:

# Starting with Fedora 21, /etc/fedora-release file is deprecated. It should not # be used to identify a Fedora system. This file will be removed in a future 
# release. Instead /etc/os-release is the canonical cross distribution 
# default file to identify a distribution.  It should be read first with a 
# fallback to /usr/lib/os-release. Refer to the man page of os-release (man 
# os-release) for details. 

Reference:

https://www.suse.com/releasenotes/x86_64/SUSE-SLED/12/#Packages.Deprecated
Comment 1 Dennis Gilmore 2014-10-06 20:36:01 UTC 
It is not deprecated.
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