"Jeff Spaleta" <jspaleta@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I found where the confusion is > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/ReviewGuidelines: > SHOULD: Usually, subpackages other than devel should require the base > package using a fully versioned dependency. > Note its a should and not a must. I think a -libs subpackage is a > clear counter example that doesn't fall in the 'usual' wording. I > would daresay that usually, -libs subpackages don;t require the base > package. > Do we really need that SHOULD? Or do we need to expand on it a little? Indeed, in my experience the entire POINT of a -libs subpackage is that it doesn't pull in the whole base package. If it does, why are you bothering to create a separate libs subpackage? So the review guidelines are indisputably broken here. See also this closely-related thread on fedora-packaging, which I just started today: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-packaging/2008-May/msg00002.html regards, tom lane -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
