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As a user I want to use retain_package_versions just like for RPM

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
backend

Research direction

Start by reviewing the existing retain_package_versions implementation for RPM and the linked Redmine issue and community discussion. Determine whether the feature belongs in pulpcore and define the affected components and acceptance criteria before attempting implementation.

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Description

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Author: @quba42 (quba42)

Redmine Issue: 8983, https://pulp.plan.io/issues/8983


Question: Can the retain_package_versions feature move to pulpcore?

Also see: https://github.com/pulp/community/discussions/36

Dominant language
Python
Stars
72
Forks
91
Avg merge
1d 20h
Merged PRs (30d)
20

Getting set up

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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