Otto Urpelainen <oturpe@xxxxxx> writes: > Dan Čermák kirjoitti 17.7.2021 klo 23.10: >> Robert-André Mauchin <zebob.m@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >>> What is the situation wrt new packages? Should we enforce the use of >>> rpmautospec during reviews or is it completely optional? >> >> I think we should encourage the usage of rpmautospec for new packages, >> provided that the packager feels comfortable enough to use it. E.g. I >> wouldn't suggest it for someone's first package. But this shouldn't >> become a *MUST*, at least not yet. > > I am curious regarding the reasons for not recommending rpmautospec for > new maintainers? It is an automation feature that removes manual steps > from the process. Using it is simpler than doing the same manually. I > think we should offer the simplest possible process for newcomers and > only recommend manual overrides for use cases that automation cannot > handle (yet). Well, I think that a total newcomer is already struggling enough to produce a good spec file for their first package, but now they also need to keep in mind that their changelog is tied to the git history (and can thus not be changed easily anymore). Back when I started packaging, I found a lot of the details quite confusing and was building packages on copr and locally for a few years before I dared to go near koji. At least for me using rpmautospec would've been another one of these confusing details. That's why I would only recommend its usage, until most other build system out there use something comparable and beginners can be expected to know this concept already. Cheers, Dan _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
