On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 5:22 PM, Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Igor Gnatenko wrote: >> It's been 6 years since systemd-units package was merged to systemd, but >> package maintainers still use it. EL7 has same guidelines as Fedora, so it >> is safe to make it compliant with Guidelines even there. This is very safe >> change. >> >> It's just 198 packages and we are just going to fix them for you in >> following days. Once those dependencies are removed, we plan to remove >> Provides: systemd- units from systemd package. >> >> Any objections? > > Why is it such a problem to keep a one-line virtual Provides in your > specfile? Removing it will require adding at least as many changelog lines, > so it doesn't even save lines in the specfile overall. It's just a pointless > compatibility breakage. Well ... removing cruft is always "just a pointless compatibility change" to some extend - however, cruft accumulates, and slows down progress. And packages which haven't been updated to comply with updated Packaging Guidelines in 6 years (!) should be looked at regardless ... Fabio > Kevin Kofler > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
