On Mon, 2024-05-13 at 13:09 +0200, Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski wrote: > On Monday, 13 May 2024 at 12:14, Fabio Valentini wrote: > > On Mon, May 13, 2024, 11:50 Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski < > > dominik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > On Monday, 13 May 2024 at 01:00, Neal Gompa wrote: > > > > On Sun, May 12, 2024 at 4:59 PM Sérgio Basto > > > > <sergio@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/gimp3 > > > > > > > > > > > > > What the heck? This should have been gimp2 for the old version, > > > > not > > > > gimp3 for the new version... > > > > > > Also, how did this pass review? > > > > > > License: LGPLv3+ > > > > > > And I'll answer myself: it hasn't or at least I can't find any > > > review > > > ticket. > > > > > > Nils, could you explain how this package ended up in Fedora? > > > > Standard procedure, everything seems to be in order: > > > > https://pagure.io/releng/fedora-scm-requests/issue/62152 > > Thanks, I couldn't find the link. > > > The review exception is valid because it's an alternative version > > of an > > existing package, and Nils is also the maintainer of the existing > > package. > > Sure. That doesn't excuse importing a spec that doesn't follow > current > packaging guidelines. It'd be nice if such requests had to pass at > least > some automated checks (like successful scratch build, installability > check, > SPDX validation, i.e. basic sanity checks) before human approval is > sought. > I expect nobody wants to import broken stuff knowingly, but these > things > can be missed. You’re totally right. > > While most people prefer that alternative versions carry a "compat" > > suffix > > (i.e. the new version is the one without the suffix, and the old > > version > > has the suffix), this is - contrary to popular belief - not > > actually > > required or even mentioned in the packaging guidelines. > > Also correct. > > And Nils, I'm not saying you did anything wrong. Just that it'd be a > good idea to announce this, even if to invite testers. And here, too. 😉 I shouldn’t have rushed things with the new package as much as I did, neither should I have kept it to myself. You’d think by now I would have learned to communicate ahead of time… 🫣 > I actually have a > GIMP user at home who might want to check it out. Thanks for working > on > the new GIMP version! Great to hear! I’ll fix the outstanding issues I’m aware of shortly (with a little more diligence) and will hopefully have something testable finished soon. Ciao, Nils > > Regards, > Dominik > -- > Fedora https://fedoraproject.org > Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical > universe that > makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic. > -- from "The Sayings of Muad'Dib" by the Princess Irulan > -- > _______________________________________________ > 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, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue -- Nils Philippsen / Senior Software Engineer / Red Hat PGP fingerprint: D0C1 1576 CDA6 5B6E BBAE 95B2 7D53 7FCA E9F6 395D -- _______________________________________________ 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, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
