Re: kf5-rpm-macros

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On Fri, Nov 26, 2021 at 9:33 PM Maxwell G <gotmax@e.email> wrote:
>
> On Friday, November 26, 2021 9:20:28 PM EST Neal Gompa wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 26, 2021 at 9:16 PM Maxwell G <gotmax@e.email> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am a little unsure about the kf5 macros, specifically the ones that have exactly the same value as their non-kf5 counterparts (e.g. `%_kf5_bindir`). Are all KDE packages required to use them? I assume that packages should at least be consistent. I am asking, because I have been reviewing some KDE packages that don't use the kf5 macros consistently or even use `%{_macro}` and `%{_kf5_macro}` at different places in the same specfile. I figured that I'd ask here before correcting anybody else.
> > >
> >
> > The main reason for the macros is that it ensures we can have
> > consistent, correct behavior on both Fedora and EPEL (RHEL/CentOS).
> > Backporting our own macros is a lot easier when they're in our own
> > namespace. We generally prefer KDE applications to use the qt5/kf5
> > macros in place of the standard ones for this reason.
>
> Hi Neil,
>
> Okay, that makes sense. Thanks for the explanation. Can we consider including that in the Packaging Guidelines or somewhere semi-official?
>

Yeah, I suppose so. It'd probably be useful to have this documented
somewhere if more people are going to be packaging KDE applications.
:)



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