FWIW, the %optional patch is from ArkLinux, not OpenMandriva, and from you, not 
Per Øyvind

http://rpm5.org/community/rpm-devel/1492.html

In 2007, I took pity on a hacker single handedly trying to maintain an entire 
linux distribution.

Meanwhile, %optional is useless fluff, and there are most definitely other and 
better means within rpm than adding quirky DWIM %optional markup in spec files 
IMHO.

-- 
You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.
Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub:
https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/pull/417#issuecomment-373237852
_______________________________________________
Rpm-maint mailing list
Rpm-maint@lists.rpm.org
http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-maint

Reply via email to