On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 04:26:41PM +0100, V??t Ondruch wrote: > Dne 13.3.2013 16:18, Toshio Kuratomi napsal(a): > >On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 01:12:00PM +0100, V?t Ondruch wrote: > >>Hi, > >> > >>Wouldn't it be possible to have packaging guidelines versioned by > >>Fedora version? > >It is and we already do. For instance, the java guidelines which have > >differences depending on how the tools in the relevant Fedora release are > >implemented/available. > > We should be more specific about that. > > For example, it should be clear that if I am packaging new .macros > file for F19, it should go into /usr/lib/rpm/macros.d without other > conditions. Now, it is small remark squeezed into brackets, which > will be skipped when you skim through the guidelines. > > > > >>If this would be accompanied by the rule, that .spec > >>files can't be shared as well (using some conditions), this would > >>allow us to have much faster evolution of our packaging. I'll give > >>you a few examples. > >> > >This is a non-starter, I'm afraid. > > Yes, unless you provide any rationale behind your statement, it > cannot start even discussion I am afraid. Excellent. /me does his share to prevent flamewars for the day. Hint: I don't have time for this discussion for the next two weeks, (I'm at a conference), but if you do, you can raise just this aspect on devel list and see what happens.... warning, I expect it to quickly degenerate into a highly unproductive shouting match. -Toshio
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