On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:05:52 -0500, Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote: > > > Delete or %exclude any files that would go into the -devel package. > > > > > > Include only files needed at run-time. > > > > That's a very bad idea, as it means perl-XML-Xerces can't be rebuilt anymore. > > So then don't make it a compat-* package. > > https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2008-February/msg01009.html Would be great if it became policy, though, because previously there has been movement towards packaging alternative library versions into compat- plus compat-*-devel packages (or not at all): $ yum info compat\*-devel\*|grep Name Name : compat-guichan05-devel Name : compat-guile-16-devel Name : compat-libosip2-devel Name : compat-wxGTK26-devel -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list