Re: Directory ownership question

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On 01/08/2013 11:50 AM, Pierre-Yves Chibon wrote:
On Tue, Jan 08, 2013 at 12:44:56PM +0200, Manuel Wolfshant wrote:
On 01/08/2013 12:08 PM, Pierre-Yves Chibon wrote:
On Tue, Jan 08, 2013 at 01:59:34PM +0400, Pavel Zhukov wrote:
Hi,
Please add
%dir %{_datadir}/thumbnailers to %files section you can also add
%{_datadir}/thumbnailers if all files under /thumbnailers should owned
by the package (not separate packages such as devel etc)
In this case it means that bugs should be filed against at least evince and
totem (I only checked these two) who have files in this directory but do not own
it.
Or file a RFE against filesystem to include  %{_datadir}/thumbnailers

This is the alternative
Exactly.

The general rule of thumb is: Either all packages putting something into a directory must own it or all packages must have a common dependency owning the directory.

The "one common parent package" approach is easier to use. The "everybody must own" approach is more general, clearer, more flexible and less error prone approach.

I am clearly in favor of the later.

and the reason why I asked Christophe to start the
discussion here :)

Ralf

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