Jason L Tibbitts III wrote: >>>>>> "RD" == Rex Dieter <rdieter@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>>>> writes: > > RD> If you meant to imply these upstream rpms should forego the usual > RD> cvs import and buildsystem, then no, can't/shouldn't be done. > > I think the problem is that upstream doesn't distribute tarballs, they > only give noarch.rpm files. We can't just drop those in; there aren't > even any SRPMs to review or rebuild. We could kindly nudge them to provide the source to these rpms, since they *are* licensed as GPL afterall. Note the use of the phrase phrase "kindly nudge". Awhile back, I tried doing the same (but less kindly and more than a nudge) for another not-to-be-named-here software vendor who provides rpms (and source tarballs), but neither src.rpm nor .spec's, and got flame-blasted for even mentioning it. -- Rex -- fedora-extras-list mailing list fedora-extras-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-extras-list
