rpm specfiles (was: New gpgme 0.3 release)

[Axel Thimm]

On Mon, Nov 24, 2003 at 09:07:33PM +0000, Pawel Salek wrote:
> On 2003.11.24 21:01, Axel Thimm wrote:
> >There are some working spec files on
> >http://atrpms.physik.fu-berlin.de/dist/fc1/gpgme/
> >(other components of the gnupg suite can be found there, too).
> >
> >The same spec files work for RH7.3, 8.0, 9 and FC1. Maybe they even
> >work for other rpm based distributions.
> 
> Is there anything prohibiting merging these spec files up-stream?

I don't think so, but here are a few comments:

o gpgme0316, gpgme040 are compatibility packages, e.g. they only
  provide runtime support for these versions, so they are not good
  candidates for inclusion in say the 0.3 series, as they will be
  truncating devel components.

o Being very autotool centric pays off, these are very
  compact/portable specfiles. Ease of building/installation also makes
  packaging almost superfluous ;=)

o for the perfectionist: rpm allows for choosing not to install files
  marked as documentation, e.g. man pages and info. The post
  install/uninstall scripts do no honour this (but then no rpm package
  I have seen really does).

o Please change the release tag to
  Release: 0
  It will allow vendors to override these packages with their own.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at physik.fu-berlin.de
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