Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 246444
EPEL python-imaging conflicts with RHEL one
Last modified: 2007-07-16 10:01:27 EDT
Description of problem: The version of python-imaging in EPEL/el5 conflicts with the package provided by EL5. This is in conflict with the stated goal of the EPEL project to never replace core packages. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): In EPEL: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/i386/repoview/python-imaging.html Version 1.1.6-3.el5 in RHEL5: 1.1.5-5.el5 Now, it would be nice if python-imaging and python-imaging-devel in EPEL would be removed, and python-imaging-sane and python-imaging-tk rebuilt against the EL5 core packages.
As I understand it the EPEL project was founded on the base of providing complementary packages to the fedora based RedHat Enterprise Linux. When I go look for this package in the RHEL repos I see it appears in the RHEL client so, IMO there is no need for this package in EPEL. Am I missing something here?????
No. I requested the building for EPEL 5 since the package was already in EPEL 4. I missed to notice that it was already in one of the RHEL repos. :-( So the right think is to request the administrative removal of this package from EPEL 5. Regarding the subpackages python-imaging-sane and python-imaging-tk the easier way is to ask for their build in upstream RHEL...
As per https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=240415#c5, I'm closing this bug as a not a bug. for EPEL/el5
Wait, what happens for those who have 5Server?
I think the solution is that the version that is built for EPEL-3/4/5 is the same as upstream which in this case would be the 1.1.5 version. Building that RPM while not 'the latest' would make sure that any updates/security fixes upstream are caught and conflicts do not occur.
Does this situation actually break something? In EPEL there are two pkgs that depend on python-imaging (Plone and python-docutils). AFAIK they use only the image module from PIL. Moreover I went through the comments of the spec file and http://effbot.org/zone/pil-changes-116.htm, I did not see anything that suggested a backward compatibility issue. regarding comment #5: If Someone has python-imaging from EPEL/el4(1.1.6) and wants to upgrade to EPEL/el5 (1.1.5) yum will not recognize EPEL/el5 as greater. This could be harmless in some occasions but I'd rather avoid nvr inconsistencies. This basically applies for people that already have python-imaging from EPEL/el4.