So as an alternative, I'd like to move autopoint (and probably more development tools) into gettext-devel. See bug #126071. This brings up the main point: a lot of packages presently BuildRequire: gettext, and I think all of them will need to change to gettext-devel. This is the list from rawhide:
I think this exactly shows why it does not make sense to list buildreqs in too much detail. gettext/texinfo/auto*/libtool etc all should be required elsewhere.
Very much in disagreement, especially about the auto* tools and libtool. auto* is problematic because:
1) Upstream sources should not require it to build ... OR ... lxo suggested that we should patch in the auto* result... which IMHO is a bit ugly...
2) Sources too often need a SPECIFIC VERSION of auto*, and implicit auto* in the buildroot only obscures problems rather than encouraging people from fixing them.
libtool is similar to #1.
Warren Togami wtogami@xxxxxxxxxx
