[Bug 547993] Package Name Change: jconvolver - Real-time Convolution Engine

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--- Comment #6 from Mamoru Tasaka <mtasaka at ioa.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp>  2009-12-21 13:07:04 EDT ---
(Well, it is better that you don't compare to font packages.
 Now Fedora has extra guidelines for font packages and bundling
 fonts in this way is _strictly_ forbidden and will surely be
 rejected ...
 https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:FontsPolicy
)

Still I don't understand.
(In reply to comment #5)
> Imagine that you are packaging an office package. The office software makes use
> of fonts that are under a special format that can only be opened from this
> particular office software. Of course the software can operate without these
> fonts but it is 50 times more functional if it these fonts were available. :)

- Well, how is it different from that "xscreensaver can be used
  with xscreensaver-base only but installing xscreensaver-extras
  or xscreensaver-gl-extras makes much better" (I guess people
  using xscreensaver-base usually also installs xscreensaver-extras),
  or "firefox can be used only with it but installing plugin foo or
  bar makes it much better"?

  Seperating source (or at least creating subpackages)
  has some advantages
  - You don't have to update seperated subpackage when you
    apply some patches against main package
  - Fedora already support noarch subpackage
  - Source1 may have different license (as it is rather contents
    package) (or license may change) and seperating it can make it 
    easier to keep track of licensing issue

> It is almost the same situation with jconv(olver). We can put these in a
> subpackage. But given the target audience is really limited to enthusiasts and
> these reverbs aren't updated independently from jconv(olver) software, it is
> not beneficial to make a subpackage (or a separate package).

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