Re: What to do when you have a bundled library that has no upstream and you don't know the version?
On 11/11/2016 08:59 AM, Randy Barlow wrote: Hello Friends! Igor and I were having a discussion on a package review ticket[0] about how to handle a bundled library that seems to have no upstream that either of us can find, and for which we don't know its version! According to the packaging guidelines, it is OK to bundle the library in certain circumstances, but the package must use Provides: bundled() = in the spec file. Since we don't know the version, it's difficult to know what to do here. Also, since we don't know the upstream, it would be difficult to get the package packaged separately to do it the "nice" way. What should we do? Is it OK to pass the review with just Provides: bundled() in this edge case? yes, that's fine. -- Orion Poplawski Technical Manager 303-415-9701 x222 NWRA/CoRA DivisionFAX: 303-415-9702 3380 Mitchell Lane or...@cora.nwra.com Boulder, CO 80301 http://www.cora.nwra.com ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
What to do when you have a bundled library that has no upstream and you don't know the version?
Hello Friends! Igor and I were having a discussion on a package review ticket[0] about how to handle a bundled library that seems to have no upstream that either of us can find, and for which we don't know its version! According to the packaging guidelines, it is OK to bundle the library in certain circumstances, but the package must use Provides: bundled() = in the spec file. Since we don't know the version, it's difficult to know what to do here. Also, since we don't know the upstream, it would be difficult to get the package packaged separately to do it the "nice" way. What should we do? Is it OK to pass the review with just Provides: bundled() in this edge case? [0] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1382859 [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Bundling_and_Du plication_of_system_libraries signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
