[Bug 967659] Review Request: robojournal - cross-platform journal/diary tool

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=967659

Michael Schwendt <mschwendt@xxxxxxxxx> changed:

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--- Comment #4 from Michael Schwendt <mschwendt@xxxxxxxxx> ---
* Try to do a self-review of your package with the help of the following page:
  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:ReviewGuidelines

  [ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Join_the_package_collection_maintainers ]
  [ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Package_Maintainers ]


* Run "rpmlint -I" on all packages, the src.rpm *and* the built rpms. Apply
fixes for obvious errors/warnings, ignore false positives, preferably comment
on what rpmlint reports.


* A brief look at the spec file:


> Summary:            Free journal software for everyone

Summary: Cross-platform journal/diary tool

would do a better job at summing up what the package offers.


> BuildRequires:      qt, qt-assistant, qt-mysql, qt-devel, qt-webkit,
> qt-webkit-devel, patch

1) "patch" is available in the minimum build environment already and need not
be specified as BuildRequires:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Exceptions_2

2) Double-check the others for redundancies. At least "qt" and "qt-webkit" will
be available as dependencies of qt-devel and qt-webkit-devel already.


> # Apply standard Fedora patch so the app compiles properly
> patch Makefile < fedora_build.patch

Hmmm, this is fragile. First of all, it would be more normal to apply patches
in %prep (after %setup) via %patchX and to add them as PatchX tags in the spec
file. But since the patch file is included in the tarball, applying it manually
is acceptable. Secondly, applying a patch manually in %build like it is done
here breaks --short-circuit -bc rpmbuilds. So, apply patches in %prep.


> Requires:           qt, qt-assistant, qt-mysql, qt-webkit

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Explicit_Requires


> make 

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Parallel_make


> strip robojournal

Don't strip any files yourself. That breaks generation of -debuginfo packages.
rpmlint will notice that, too.

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Debuginfo_packages


> #install files manually because "make install" doesn't work
> with rpmbuild in this case.

_What_ "doesn't work"?



> %post
> mandb -p

To be deleted. Packages don't do that.


> %clean
> make distclean

To be deleted. "make distclean" is also not what %clean is used for.

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#.25clean


> %{_datadir}/applications/robojournal.desktop

You need to _use_ desktop-file-utils inside the spec file when packaging
.desktop files:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Desktop_files


> %{_datadir}/menu/robojournal

The directory /usr/share/menu doesn't exist yet in Fedora filesystem packages,
and this package doesn't include it either. What is it used for? Isn't it
specific to Debian based systems?

$ repoquery --whatprovides /usr/share/menu
luckybackup-0:0.4.7-3.fc19.x86_64


> %{_mandir}/man7/robojournal.7.gz

%{_mandir}/man7/robojournal.7*   would be cleaner, since it allows for a
changed/customised/dropped compression technique.

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