Hi,
On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 12:57 AM, Till Maas <opensource@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
If there is no normal URL available, I would use the Sources URL.
I do not comment on the other examples, because they seem to be already
covered by the previous examples.
My suggestion would be:
- Packages must have a URL tag
- If possible, the URL should be valid
- If the package is completely created by Fedora, use
https://fedoraproject.org
- If there is no upstream web page, use the Source URL, or, if the web
server allows directory listings, specify the directory of the Source
URL
- If the original URL does not work, try an archive.org one and add a
comment to the SPEC explaining when it was noticed that the URL does
not work
- If archive.org does not work, use the last known URL and add a comment
An additional hack would be to add an achor tag to URLs that are known
to not work anymore, such as the following:
"http://example.com/#Fedora:+does+not+work,+no+new+URL+known"
WONTFIX or if it exists use CANTFIX. You can then link the bugzilla
> We can uncomment the dead URL in spec files but then what to do if someone
> reports bug saying URL is not working? Close it as NOTABUG or WONTFIX?
entry in the SPEC.
However, these are only suggestions. But I find it annoying if "rpm -qi"
cannot explain where a package comes from.
Thanks for your reply. I like these suggestions. I will use them in my owned packages.
Regards,
Parag.
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