On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 18:40:18 +0100 (CET), Dag Wieers wrote: > > > > the 'Source-tag may not have macros' decision > > > > > > I admittedly don't read every post on rpm-list, but I've never seen > > > that discussion. Google isn't helping. Got a pointer? > > > > The discussion was on fedora.us lists but it has never been a "decision" > > or mandatory IIRC. Anyway many people doing QA prefer macroless URLs > > because it makes upstream source verification easier (think copy-paste). > > Well, if it's not a macro, you may have the situation where someone > changes the version, forgets to change the Source-tag and releases a newer > version with older software. Would the QA person notice that ? Yes, because the build would fail in %setup. And the QA person takes a look at the src.rpm diff against the previous release. --
