On Sun, May 13, 2018 at 12:13 PM Adam Williamson <adamwill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2018-05-11 at 09:33 -0500, Merlin Mathesius wrote: > > Greetings. > > > > I'd like a quick opinion on spec file style... > > > > Nearly all specs I've seen dealing with subpackages group all the > > %package/%description stanzas near the beginning, and put all the %files > > stanzas near the the end. (Example 1 below) > > > > However, are there any reasons, stylistic or otherwise, that the %files > > stanzas shouldn't be grouped with their corresponding > > %package/%description stanzas? (Example 2 below) Especially when there > > are a large number of subpackages... > I've seen a few packages that do it that way. I don't think there's any > technical or policy reason not to. It's just a stylistic/practical > choice. The only technical reason to group them all together is if you're making a macro to evaluate to multiple subpackages. It's way simpler that way. Otherwise, it's a style choice. -- 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth! _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
