Remove PHP version suffixes on "Missing Required Extensions"; Mention dnf
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Authored by aklapper on May 8 2023, 08:52.

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T15352: Remove outdated PHP version suffixes in package names on "Missing Required Extensions" and replace yum with dnf

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rP17ebf3a11fb5: Remove PHP version suffixes on "Missing Required Extensions"; Mention dnf

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Explicitly mentioning PHP5 packages is outdated and confusing.
Also, mentioning dnf together with yum (apparently yum is still in use!). Good for yum users.

Closes T15352

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Applied this change and strings on the "Missing Required Extensions" page rendered as expected.

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aklapper created this revision.May 8 2023, 08:52

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Harbormaster completed remote builds in B376: Diff 682.May 8 2023, 08:52

Premising I 100% agree in the removal of version suffix and I would +1 just that.

But the -yum +dnf could cause mental problems for users that still use CentOS 7 and maybe others. Probably it would be better to add a line, instead of replacing. (CentOS user reading this: PLEASE MIGRATE ihih)

Uhm, remove now duplicated package name. Heh.

Harbormaster completed remote builds in B378: Diff 691.May 8 2023, 12:41

valerio.bozzolan mentioned this in Wikimedia Hackaton 2023 Athens Code Sprint.May 18 2023, 10:16

Thanks for this patch,

I'm not bold enough to approve as O1 since they would probably like to keep the "yum" stuff or at least mention both for legacy reasons

So, if you rollback to yum, or if you mention both apt, dnf and yum, I will approve as O1 (without risk of being lynched later)

In D25203#6703, @valerio.bozzolan wrote:

I'm not bold enough to approve as O1 since they would probably like to keep the "yum" stuff or at least mention both for legacy reasons

For context, I did some quick research:

RHEL 9.x docs use dnf but they still officially support yum:

In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, software installation is ensured by the DNF tool. Red Hat continues to support the usage of the yum term for consistency with previous major versions of RHEL. If you type yum instead of dnf, the command works as expected because both are aliases for compatibility.

RHEL 8.x (still actively maintained) docs use yum commands throughout:

In RHEL 8, software installation is enabled by the new version of the YUM tool (YUM v4), which is based on the DNF technology.

So, strictly speaking, the usage of yum can't yet be considered outdated or legacy.

Keep yum included

Harbormaster completed remote builds in B423: Diff 758.May 20 2023, 12:22

valerio.bozzolan retitled this revision from Remove PHP version suffixes on "Missing Required Extensions"; Replace yum with dnf to Remove PHP version suffixes on "Missing Required Extensions"; Mention dnf.May 20 2023, 12:55

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