Re: packaging status for py_provides_macro and ldconfig_scriptlets

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On Fri, 4 Dec 2020 at 11:27, Sérgio Basto <sergio@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Miro,

On Fri, 2020-12-04 at 09:30 +0100, Miro Hrončok wrote:
> On 12/4/20 1:44 AM, Sérgio Basto wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Can we remove %ldconfig_scriptlets and
> > %{?python_provide:%python_provide python3-%{srcname}} from the
> > specs ?
>
> For packages with files and for Fedora 33+, the %python_provide call
> can be
> removed. For packages without files or on Fedora 32 or on EPEL 7/8
> they should
> be replaced with %py_provides (although not worth doing it in mass).
> This is
> documented at
> https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/Python/#_the_py_provides_macro

Thank you for clarifications , I read #_the_py_provides_macro before
writing this email :)

And I would change wiki to this sentence ... , IMO is more clear .

> The %ldconfig_scriptlets macro can be removed on all Fedoras.
> Possibly also on
> EPEL 8. But it is required on EPEL 7.

 
I think it makes a little more sense to indicate from which version of Fedora on (and EPEL if applicable) a specific feature is no longer needed.
Saying "all Fedoras" is a little vague and it erodes the in-doc history of these changes.
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