In Fedora, it is allowed for compat packages to conflict with their
non-compat equivalents. EPEL policy allows for the same behavior
between EPEL packages, but not between EPEL packages and RHEL
packages. The current policy includes the phrase "at this time" for
that limitation. I believe it is time we revisit that part of the
policy. I brought this up at a recent EPEL Steering Committee
meeting, and the general consensus was to open a wider discussion
about the topic.
I've written about this in more detail on the Fedora Discussion site.
I'm sending this email for awareness, but please centralize your
feedback on the Discussion thread.
https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/revisting-conflicts-policy-for-epe...
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Carl George