Dan Čermák kirjoitti 18.7.2021 klo 23.38:
Otto Urpelainen <otu...@iki.fi> writes:
Dan Čermák kirjoitti 17.7.2021 klo 23.10:
Robert-André Mauchin <zebo...@gmail.com> writes:
What is the situation wrt new packages? Should we enforce the use of
rpmautospec during reviews or is it completely optional?
I think we should encourage the usage of rpmautospec for new packages,
provided that the packager feels comfortable enough to use it. E.g. I
wouldn't suggest it for someone's first package. But this shouldn't
become a *MUST*, at least not yet.
I am curious regarding the reasons for not recommending rpmautospec for
new maintainers? It is an automation feature that removes manual steps
from the process. Using it is simpler than doing the same manually. I
think we should offer the simplest possible process for newcomers and
only recommend manual overrides for use cases that automation cannot
handle (yet).
Well, I think that a total newcomer is already struggling enough to
produce a good spec file for their first package, but now they also need
to keep in mind that their changelog is tied to the git history (and can
thus not be changed easily anymore). Back when I started packaging, I
found a lot of the details quite confusing and was building packages on
copr and locally for a few years before I dared to go near koji. At
least for me using rpmautospec would've been another one of these
confusing details. That's why I would only recommend its usage, until
most other build system out there use something comparable and beginners
can be expected to know this concept already.
Understood. That makes sense. This is a case of different backgrounds.
The only rpm packages I have ever built are Fedora official packages.
From that angle, using rpmautospec is just simpler. In your case, it is
the other way round.
However, copr seems to understand rpmautospec. Here is a build that
started from a specfile that uses rpmautospec and completed successfully:
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/lcts/nextcloud/build/2329596/
Otto
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