Accept delete request of pkg with depending devel package definitions impossible

[DimStar77]

I created a setup in my home project to demonstrate the issue

Project: home:dimstar
package1: pkg
package2: pkg-sub (has pkg set as devel package)

A delete request against pkg is filed (rq 519110), but can't be accepted (also not using osc rq accept -f)

In this setup it is pretty simply for me to work around the issue, as I can change the meta config of pkg-sub; but I've seen cases where packages across projects had my packages set as devel, which means I can't delete them unless I get the other user to change his meta data)

[DimStar77]

osc rq accept 519110 -m ok -f

HTTP Error 400: Bad Request
delete_error
Package is used by following packages as devel package: home:dimstar/pkg-sub

[DimStar77]

This is hitting quite often and is really annoying - especially as TW is also managed by more people; can we somehow get to a solution that allows to delete a package forcibly?

[eduardoj]

Try deleting the package directly on the server, with the force option: osc rdelete home:dimstar pkg -f.

For details on more options: osc rdelete -h

Closing. Please reopen if this solution is not complete.