On Mon, 27 Apr 2009, Kay Sievers wrote: > On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 22:48, Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, 27 Apr 2009, Greg KH wrote: > > > >> Kay Sievers (11): > >> Â Â Â rename configure.in -> configure.ac > >> Â Â Â delete spec file > > > > Why delete the spec file? Â Don't you want to keep it for people who > > would like to build an RPM? > > Spec files are much too distro specific, they all contain custom > distro variables, reference package names which are not the same > across distros. They usually don't even agree on the directories the > stuff is installed into. The usb.ids file as an example, is in a > different location on every distro i have seen. :) > > There is in most cases no point in keeping outdated spec files or > debian directories in upstream source packages. The best when updating > a package, is to start with the one that is in the source rpm of the > distro one uses. But what if the distro doesn't ship that package at all? Then it's good to at least have a starting point that you can adapt to your own needs. (Although I don't know of any major distributions that doesn't include usbutils...) This isn't a big deal. If you and Greg don't want to include a spec file then don't. Alan Stern -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
