https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1211831
--- Comment #12 from Michael Schwendt (Fedora Packager Sponsors Group)
<bugs.michael(a)gmx.net> ---
%global name copyq
%global version 2.4.6
%global release 1
It's a stylistic choice, I think it makes it easier to maintain
the spec. I didn't see where they were predefined:
What becomes easier?
You can rearrange the lines in your spec file to move "Name:",
"Version:" and
"Release:" to the top with an empty line for better readability. You are not
forced to copy the order of the lines from other people's spec files.
And yes, the tags "Name:", "Version:" and "Release:" define
%{name}, %{version}
and %{release}, respectively. Defining them as globals prior to assigning them
to the tags doesn't add any benefit.
The redefinition bears a risk even. Consider this:
%global release 1
Release: %{release}%{?dist}
The "Release:" tag overrides the definition of %{release}. Through-out the spec
file where you use %{release}, its value will not be 1 due to the redefinition.
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