On Wed, 2015-07-08 at 20:13 -0500, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
Here are the recent changes to the packaging guidelines. Note that there is also a set of Python guideline changes pending which I will send in a separate announcement.
Guidelines for making use of weak dependencies (Recommends:, Suggests:, etc.) have been added.
*https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:WeakDependencies *https://fedorahosted.org/fpc/ticket/531
Is there any case to allow Supplements: in the Fedora Collection? It seems to me like this could be problematic. (e.g. I write a plugin for a popular engine and package it, then add Supplements: so that it gets pulled in by default whenever that engine is installed. My plugin then causes things to crash.) I think it is reasonable for us to forbid Supplements: except with FPC exemption. It should be up to the owner of the primary package to decide to add Recommends: instead.