On Wed, Oct 07, 2015 at 02:41:38PM -0500, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote: > Just so FPC and everyone else here is aware, FESCo just approved a > rather significant revision to the bundling guidelines which removes FPC > from the process entirely. FPC will need to formulate a new guideline > for recording upstream interaction but this should be no more than a > couple of sentences. That went through somewhat more quickly than I expected, and I'm surprised that FESCo went for such an open version. I liked the part about "critical path" packages still requiring exceptions. In thinking about it, though, I guess in practice most of the existing packages that would fit that description (whatever exactly it is) either are already a) well-behaved in this sense to begin with, b) long-ago debundled, or c) granted an exception already. So maybe the practical difference isn't large. I do have a concern about "Provides: bundled(<libname>)" becoming a mess. We should clarify that: * If an existing version of the bundled library exists, use that name * New names must follow the rules one would use were the library to be packaged separately * When in doubt, check with the FPC I personally also would like to have the guidelines suggest that if yours is the second (or more) package to bundle a library, to coordinate with the packager of the previous ones to see if any progress can be made with collaboration. > approved proposal. Most bundling of any type is now permitted in all > packages, though it appears that FESCo will periodically audit the > voluntarily added Provides: bundled() tags. That probably needs some more structure or it won't actually happen. > I will draft a removal of the current bundling guidelines and their > replacement with something closely derived from what FPC approved, which > follows. Note that this had bold around "must" in the original.... got lost in translation to plain text. I don't know how much that helps. :) -- Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fedora Project Leader -- packaging mailing list packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/packaging
