https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1933988 --- Comment #20 from code@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- The idea of a -filesystem package is that, when all you need is the directory to store files in “in case they are needed,” you can depend on the -filesystem package instead of pulling in another system (in this case CMake) that might not be otherwise required. The first part of https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/#_file_and_directory_ownership and the subsection https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/#_the_directory_is_owned_by_a_package_which_is_not_required_for_your_package_to_function both talk about these -filesystem packages. For example, suppose I have a package that requires nativejit-devel but does not use CMake. If nativejit-devel Requires cmake-filesystem, that is just one trivial extra package added to my buildroot. If nativejit-devel Requires cmake, that is 17 unnecessary packages added to my buildroot, totaling 24 M downloaded and 107 M installed, including guile22 and python3. This is not catastrophic, but you can see why people try to avoid it. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug. You are always notified about changes to this product and component _______________________________________________ package-review mailing list -- package-review@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to package-review-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/package-review@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
