MultilibTricks
Tom Lane
tgl at redhat.com
Tue May 6 04:24:54 UTC 2008
"Jeff Spaleta" <jspaleta at gmail.com> writes:
> I found where the confusion is
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/ReviewGuidelines:
> SHOULD: Usually, subpackages other than devel should require the base
> package using a fully versioned dependency.
> Note its a should and not a must. I think a -libs subpackage is a
> clear counter example that doesn't fall in the 'usual' wording. I
> would daresay that usually, -libs subpackages don;t require the base
> package.
> Do we really need that SHOULD? Or do we need to expand on it a little?
Indeed, in my experience the entire POINT of a -libs subpackage is that
it doesn't pull in the whole base package. If it does, why are you
bothering to create a separate libs subpackage? So the review guidelines
are indisputably broken here.
See also this closely-related thread on fedora-packaging, which
I just started today:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-packaging/2008-May/msg00002.html
regards, tom lane
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