On Mon, Jul 08, 2013 at 02:25:24PM +0200, Petr Šabata wrote:
>
> First, the dependencies, both build- and run-time.
> Personally I like to list every module which is actually used
> since this means the package only fails to build when
> there's an actual issue, not just a change in the dependency
> chain.
But that also means that you'll be unnecessarily accumulating
cruft -- if things build, noone will check if with the next rebase,
all the listed BuildRequires are actually valid.
> Second, the %{__perl} macro.
> What are the benefits of using this (subjectively) ugly macro
> compared to simple 'perl'? The only case in which I find it
Isn't it used for SCL, for example?
> Fourth, ExtUtils::MakeMaker vs Module::Build.
> Module::Build is currently being deprecated and removed from
> core, ExtUtils::MakeMaker becoming, once again, the preferred
> way. Our guidelines should be updated to reflect that.
So it's basically about putting the text from
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Perl/Tips?rd=PackagingTips/Perl#Makefile.PL_vs_Build.PL
to
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Perl#Makefile.PL_vs_Build.PL
as well, right?
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Jan Pazdziora
Principal Software Engineer, Identity Management Engineering, Red Hat
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