On 11. 02. 22 21:58, Kevin Kofler via devel wrote:
Miro Hrončok wrote:
Another thing I'd like to understand from your POV is why would packagers
actually *need* exactly-versioned Recommends. Could you please give me an
example use case? I understand why they might *assume they need* it,
because packaging is complex and this might seem like a reasonable thing
to do for somebody who's not been following this discussion. The new
guideline would help explain that, making the things better, not worse.
IMHO, exactly-versioned Recommends are always a mistake, and when a
maintainer writes:
Recommends: foo = 1.2.3-4
what they really mean, and should write, is:
Recommends: foo
Requires: (foo = 1.2.3-4 if foo)
Or, considering this is usually a recommended sub-package, have:
(main package)
Recommends: %{name}-extras
%package extras
Requires: %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
(with %_isa and/or %epoch if needed)
And only use the if-dep if this is not the case.
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Miro Hrončok
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