Problems with core review

[Michael Schwendt]

On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 10:28:21 -0500, Jesse Keating wrote:

> Clearly we need to have something in the guidelines about use of 
> RPM_SOURCE_DIR or else this will come up over and over again.  However I lack 
> the energy/time to push that through right now :/

The resistance you run into is a strong hint that the packaging committee
ought to keep this issue out of the policies. Strong language doesn't help
it. And you are right, the desire to force packagers into macro-madness
and less readable spec files is "silly".

History:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-extras-list/2006-February/msg01242.html