On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 01:33:22PM -0600, Rex Dieter wrote:
I've updated the iconcache proposal:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingDrafts/ScriptletSnippets/iconcache
per the suggestions made at the recent fedora-packaging meeting.
In short, simplify to use xdg-utils, and add (when needed):
Requires(post): xdg-utils
Requires(postun): xdg-utils
Hi,
I have two questions (which will have been answered, but I haven't
caught up with all traffic on this topic, so please answer again :):
a) "If none of the package's existing dependencies themselves already
depend on xdg-utils3, include ..."
I wouldn't rely on dependencies providing dependencies. Sure, we do
remove some redundancy technically, but cut&paste methods are used
more often than reading the guidelines, recursive dependencies may
change and so on. Let's keep it simple and always require it.
b) "someday when xdg-utils becomes universally available (hopefully,
this will include F*7),"
While the xdg-utils sound like a trivial tool the sentence seems to
imply that there are larger obstacles to getting this done. Why? If
this improves/simplifies package quality then who would block this?
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