On Fri, 30 May 2014 11:45:11 -0500, Richard Shaw wrote: > First let me say that if anyone wants to be the primary maintainer of pvm > please step up! I only need it as a dependency. > > While fixing the build for rawhide due to a tcl/tk update I had to look at > the spec file and it was horrifying (ok, I'm exaggerating a bit). > > The sources are extracted directly into the buildroot and then built in > place. Also, it is "installed" (if you can call it that) into /usr/share > even though it includes static libraries and binaries (which are later > symlinked into /usr/bin) > > So questions: > > 1. Is this even legal? > 2. Should this package go through a re-review? The original "Merge Review" was closed after five years of nobody showing interest in it: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/226327 Rather than reopening that old ticket it would always be possible to open a new one, though. ;) > 3. Can the install location be changed at this point? Other distros seem > to install into /usr/lib{,64} and symlink the binaries from there. > > There are also a large number of patches, some of which for secondary > arches so I don't think I'm the right person to lead the charge here.... > Any volunteers? > > Thanks, > Richard -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
