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--- Comment #6 from Peter Robinson <pbrobinson(a)gmail.com> 2009-07-03 09:03:31 EDT
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> > That said, I am not sure, this package should enter
Fedora.
>
> Why?
Fedora's mission is to be a "leading edge distro", not a "bleeding
edge"
distro, consisting of more or less non-functional, immature packages.
IMO, this package is not unlikely of the latter kind.
That is your opinion, not mine or others I've spoken to, its not a topic for a
bug report.
> > Besides this, I am not excited about how you package your
moblin packages. In
> > particular, I consider you to be acting pretty careless wrt. the autotools,
> > NVRs and further details.
>
> What's exactly wrong with them,
You should not run the autotools at build-time, but run them in advance and add
the result through patches - That's how the autotools are supposed to be used.
By not doing so, you are exposing yourselves to the risks of non-determinisic
builts and your users to risks of exposing them to mis-built packages.
But its a much used method within packages. Same as above its not a discussion
to be had on a bug report but a discussion to be bought up as a proposed on
fedora-devel if you feel strongly about it.
> I
> believe the adhere to to the Package Guidelines but its always possible that
> I've missed stuff.
The FPG doesn't contain a rule mandating it, because certain key-people in
Fedora refuse to implement such a rule and prefer to expose people to risks
because "it's so convenient".
My opinion differs substantially. I conside running the autotools during builts
as elementary beginners mistake and refuse to review any package doing so.
I'm not making you review my package and as you mentioned its your opinion. I
don't necessarily disagree but until upstream do proper 'make dist' packages
its going to remain the way it is. Its a perfectly valid package as the current
packaging requirements. Packaging guidelines discussions are for the mailing
list.
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