Paul Howarth wrote: > On Sat, 2006-09-16 at 22:08 -0700, Toshio Kuratomi wrote: >> Hey guys, >> It's come to my attention that we don't have a "Packages must be built >> from source, no precompiled binaries" rule in the current guidelines. I >> think this is an oversight as the Binary Firmware section: >> http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines#BinaryFirmware >> >> implies this for the specific case of firmware. >> >> How about something like: >> >> "Packages must be built from source code. Including pre-built programs >> or libraries is strictly forbidden. A select few exceptions are made >> for binary firmware. Please see >> http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines#BinaryFirmware >> for details." >> >> And on ReviewGuidelines: >> "Must: The package must be built from source. No pre-built programs or >> libraries are acceptable." >> >> Thoughts, opinions welcome. > > Might another exception be needed for the bootstrapping procedures for > new compilers, e.g. some of the lisp/haskell compilers in Extras? bootstrapping is kinda a separate problem. The proposal here is that *Packages* must be built from source, which I tend to I agree with, in principle. The "source" in question, can potentially include binary bits (for bootstrapping, whatever). -- Rex -- Fedora-packaging mailing list Fedora-packaging@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-packaging
