On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 5:02 AM, Ralf Corsepius <rc040203@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2008-06-25 at 04:50 -0700, Christopher Stone wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 1:02 AM, Panu Matilainen >> <pmatilai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > On Mon, 23 Jun 2008, Remi Collet wrote: >> > >> >> Jason L Tibbitts III a écrit : >> >>> >> >>> I've seen packages using Requires(hint): and testing shows that >> >>> currently this is handled no differently from a regular Requires:. >> >> >> >> Using this have one usefull purpose : documentation. >> > >> > Abusing bugs in software for documentation purposes? Lets not... >> >> It works well for me, so I will continue to "abuse" the "bug" for >> documentation purposes. >> >> My personal opinion is that this thread is making a big deal out of nothing. > > Provided what you say: > +1 to Tibbs' initial proposal on banning Requires(hint) > > Rationale: It's undocumented, error-prone pollution to spec files, which > is likely to show harmful effects once rpm/yum/apt etc. should start > support it. If rpm/yum/apt ever started to support it, then that would be the greatest thing ever. Too bad that wont ever happen. -- Fedora-packaging mailing list Fedora-packaging@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-packaging
