[Fedora-packaging] Re: Proposal to limit file deps

[Thorsten Leemhuis]

On 21.12.2006 14:24, Axel Thimm wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 02:10:18PM +0100, Axel Thimm wrote:
>> On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 08:55:25PM -0800, Toshio Kuratomi wrote:
>>> Hey all, I've just added a draft proposal for limiting file dependencies
>>> in packages.  It's a "should" recommendation at this point.
>>>
>>> http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingDrafts/FileDeps
>>>
>>> = File Deps Guideline =
>>>
>>> == Problem ==
>> How often does this problem really occur? I just checked core's x86_64
>> packages and there are exactly 12 files in such dependencies
>> affecting 18 packages out of 2422 (that's 0.7%):
>>
>>   cman-kernel dlm-kernel gamin-python gdm GFS-kernel gnbd-kernel httpd
>>   ImageMagick-perl inn libvirt-python libxml2-python libxslt-python
>>   openldap-servers openmotif openssh-server python-lcms redhat-lsb
>>   vsftpd
>>
>> That's 0.7%. I thought that the problem was much larger. I either
>> miscalculated the number of file dependencies or there is no problem :)
> 
> And the same metrics for extras: 26 files required by 27 packages out
> of 3660 packages:
> 
>    chess clamav-devel ctapi-cyberjack cvs2cl em8300-devel freefont
>    ftnchek-emacs gnash-plugin libibverbs-devel mimetex
>    mozilla-opensc-signer openbox openct pcsc-perl perl-Image-Info pyxdg
>    SoQt-devel tuxpaint util-vserver util-vserver-legacy util-vserver-sysv
>    uuid-devel uuid-pgsql uuid-php w3c-markup-validator-libs
>    x11-ssh-askpass xmms
> 
> That's again 0.7%, so the combined Fedora is at 0.7%, too.

Well, my initial calculations found 32 file based deps outside of "/etc 
{/usr,}/{s,}bin/" in Extras 6 x64 ;-) Just to note, I mentioned that 
when I started the whole mess after skvidal poked me about it. See 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-packaging/2006-December/msg00077.html

CU
thl