Warren Togami <wtogami@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Ville Skytt�rote: >> On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 15:36 +1000, Rob Kearey wrote: >> >>> CPAN+ can build debian packages with CPANPLUS::Dist. Would it be >>> worthwhile creating an RPM target? >> Would it offer something that cpan2rpm or RPM-Specfile already don't? >> > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-perl-devel-list > Chip has expressed that he wants to fix cpanflute2 (shipped in Core) > to do exactly what we want. Let's get him on this list. Hey Chip > this is the Fedora Project perl team's devel list. I aim to keep list > traffic here low noise through strict moderation and zero tolerance > for bullshit. > > While cpanflute2 writing specs closer to the Fedora Project perl spec > template would help us, it will never be a fully automated > process. Each package needs to be analyzed to disable part or whole of > "make test" because it is inappropriate to run network tests in the > build system. Other packages need to be told the location of other > non-perl software and stuff. Hi guys! Sorry for the late response. Been a busy couple weeks (new job, moved across country, all those convenient excuses). I am indeed happy to improve RPM-Specfile in whatever ways we can brainstorm and in whatever ways will help Fedora. Right now, the source is embedded in the middle of my own personal subversion repo, but I can split it out into something more public if people are interested. I've read over the archives (still waiting for moderator approval to join), but as far as RPM-Specfile's general use... well, it's always been intended to work on RHL/RHEL/Fedora. I'm not aware of anyone who really used it on other distros. That's not to say I would blindly make it forever incompatible with other distros, but the priority has always been supporting RHEL/Fedora and so I'm comfortable keeping along that same path. I agree also that just packaging every tarball is a bad idea... there's a lot of bad stuff on CPAN. But, ideally, it should be as simple as saying 'make an rpm of Fritzy-Blip' and it happens, so that we can rapidly package as much interesting stuff as possible. So... what do we need cpanflute2 to do better? Chip -- Chip Turner cturner@xxxxxxxxxxx
