perl-DBI - split?

[Chris Weyl]

On 14 Nov 2007 12:25:38 -0600, Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs at math.uh.edu> wrote:
> >>>>> "RN" == Robin Norwood <rnorwood at redhat.com> writes:
>
> RN> Hi, The issue of .h files in a non-devel RPM rears its head again.
> RN> In the package review for perl-DBI, my package reviewer points out
> RN> rpmlint warnings about .h files in a non-devel package.
>
> Pretty much every arch-specific Perl module will have a .h file buried
> fifteen directories under /usr/lib/perl5.  It would be insanity to
> split them all out.  There's no directory ownership issue like there
> is with .pc files, and frankly I don't know what on earth would
> actually use those .h files.  In all of the Perl package reviews I
> have done, I have allowed those files to remain in the main package.

Same here.

Additionally, this would destroy the scheme of virtual perl
provides/requires with no (IMHO) sensible repair; e.g. perl-DBD-Pg
could no longer just br perl(DBI) to pull in the correct deps to build
against the DBI.

                              -Chris

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Chris Weyl
Ex astris, scientia