Jason L Tibbitts III tibbs@math.uh.edu writes:
I don't disagree, but "correct" and "workable" are different things; as much as we wish it were so, we have to work with the rpm we have, not the one we wish we had.
Hmm, I understand that upstream might be less than tractable, but surely that doesn't prevent us from carrying our own patches that enforce restrictions that Fedora deems desirable.
I don't like carrying distro-private patches more than anyone else; but when you're talking about fundamental bits of distro infrastructure, allowing someone else to dictate our project policy doesn't seem right.
regards, tom lane