On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 12:50 PM Vitaly Zaitsev via devel <devel@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote: > > On 31/05/2023 15:44, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > > We do similar things in other cases, see for example shim-unsigned.rpm + > > shim.rpm > > Shim is a special case: > 1. Shim need to be signed by Microsoft on their own infrastructure and > this signature will be built directly into PE file. > 2. Shim runs on UEFI, so it can use exception for firmware. > > > The prebuilt RPMs are compiled on Fedora infrastructure too, so I don't > > see how that violates the 'build from source' requirement. > > If the package uses prebuilt blobs (their origin is irrelevant), it > violates current Fedora packaging guidelines.
To be clear, "current Fedora packaging guidelines" are not set in stone. The existence of this Change implies that it would result in the alteration of those guidelines. You keep using the existing guidelines as a supporting argument that this should not be allowed. If we can't change rules because the current rules exist... How do we proceed at all? _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
