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Description¶

So we have covered following scenarios on TW:

1. Check that retracted packages are marked as such
2. Update doesn't install retracted packages unless explicitly forced to do so
3. Message is translated (this is missing as of now in TW)
4. Update/installation of package which has other retracted package as dependency (hello-lang has hello as dependency in the repo we can use for testing)

This was covered only in the installed system as for openSUSE custom repos can be added to the installer only by modifying control.xml

This functionality in SLES is also available in the installer, so we should add repo as an addon and then do the search.

So in SLES we need to cover mentioned scenarios in the installed system. For that, we should use provided repo (http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/Maintenance:/11749/openSUSE_Leap_15.1_Update/)
Which I've also published as http://w3.nue.suse.com/~riafarov/retracted/ in case that repo gets removed. There is package "hello" which has retracted status.

Following bugs were discovered in TW (2 won't be fixed and one is fixed):

• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162241
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162145
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162143

Acceptance criteria¶

1. Scope of changes is learned
2. Exploratory testing is conducted for the parts which are not covered by the automated tests
3. Follow-up tickets for automated tests are created with detailed description in case are considered to be useful (efforts vs profit)
4. jira ticket is updated accordingly

Content from the #62705
See https://jira.suse.com/browse/SLE-8907 and https://jira.suse.com/browse/SLE-8770

https://trello.com/c/lRisXHUt/1556-8-package-selector-improvements-for-sle-8770-new-status-retracted

For testing purposes, adding a repo with a package that Provides: retracted-patch-package() should simulate a retracted package.

Test repo kindly provided by Marcus Meissner:

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/Maintenance:/11749/openSUSE_Leap_15.1_Update/

Content from trello:
Note: It seems that it is not possible to create a new task for an evaluated Epic. This should not block the development, though.

https://jira.suse.com/browse/SLE-8770

Update: The team task meanwhile created

https://jira.suse.com/browse/SLE-11211

Explanation in short¶

From time to time we happen to release a broken package. If we retract it from the repo, it appears as an orphaned version, but without any information that it is a retracted update. Therefore, instead we will mark it as retracted in the metadata. libzypp will take care of most of tasks (e.g. not to install it unless explicitly forced by specifying version), but - similarly to zypper - YaST should visualize this information.

Task¶

Enable the Package selector (both Qt and NCurses) to inform user about the retracted package.

There are following ways to inform user (in the order of importance):

• Versions view in the package selector. For this, put the retracted packages to the end of the list and clearly mark the respective version as (retracted); this way user - when choosing the version - knows about the retracted status

• Add another Retracted Packages view similar to Orphaned packages; this way user will get an overview of all retracted package versions, which are installed on their system, and can act accordingly; The behavior should be consistent with Orphaned Packages & Friends

• Inform user about retracted packages being installed when starting the package selector (or the sw_single module); in this case, when some are installed, open in that new view by default

• (optional) use a different status icon or font color when retracted version of a package is installed; red is preferred

Implementation Hints¶

Since libzypp-17.18.0 pool items offer bool isRetracted() const. This should be true for retracted packages and for the package versions they mention. In the next version the zypp::ui::Selectable (mostly used in yast) will be adapted. Retracted packages will be sorted to the end of the available packages list (indication they are not desired to be selected). Helper methods like updateCandidateObj will avoid to return a retracted item.

For implementing additional methods in libzypp, please, contact Michael Andres directly.

Testing¶

For testing purposes, adding a repo with a package that Provides: retracted-patch-package() should simulate a retracted package.

Test repo kindly provided by Marcus Meissner:

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/Maintenance:/11749/openSUSE_Leap_15.1_Update/

Review¶

• PR for the Qt UI: https://github.com/libyui/libyui-qt-pkg/pull/82?w=1

• Presented to feature requester Thomas Göttlicher live:
  He says it looks good to him.

• PRs for the NCurses UI:

  • https://github.com/libyui/libyui-ncurses-pkg/pull/34?w=1
  • https://github.com/libyui/libyui-ncurses-pkg/pull/36

Suggestions¶

1. Check that retracted packages are marked as such
2. Update doesn't install retracted packages unless explicitly forced to do so
3. Message is translated (this is missing as of now in TW)
4. Update/installation of package which has other retracted package as dependency (hello-lang has hello as dependency in the repo we can use for testing)
5. Same as 1-4 but in the installer