Hello all,
I'm the owner of Tryton Feature for F-15 [1] and I need to add about 50 packages containing the application modules into Fedora. The source archives of the modules have a common structure so there is spec file generator that can prepare the spec files from a template. Their bugfix releases are done independently, so they can't be part of one big source package.
My question is whether I could do the formal review on one of the modules, update the spec generator as required, refresh the spec files and then somehow mass-import the rest. I don't see much value in opening 50 reviews when they all would be the same, only the package name would differ. Naturally the whole process could be scripted ...
the actual spec files are at http://fedora.danny.cz/tryton/modules/ the generator is http://fedora.danny.cz/tryton/modules/tryton-module2spec and corresponding template is http://fedora.danny.cz/tryton/modules/tryton-module2spec.template
a placeholder bugzilla for the initial module review is https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=670860
Dan
"DH" == Dan Horák dan@danny.cz writes:
DH> My question is whether I could do the formal review on one of the DH> modules, update the spec generator as required, refresh the spec DH> files and then somehow mass-import the rest.
Well, you should of course submit one or two first and then adjust the rest based on feedback. But if you want an exemption from Fedora policy, you should talk to FESCo. Personally I'd think that every package needs a review, regardless of how trivial you believe that to be. (Witness Perl modules, which are almost all identical and mechanically generated.) But don't dump them on the review queue all at once, unless you want to annoy people and have them ignore your packages altogether.
- J<
Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
"DH" == Dan Horák dan@danny.cz writes:
DH> My question is whether I could do the formal review on one of the DH> modules, update the spec generator as required, refresh the spec DH> files and then somehow mass-import the rest.
Well, you should of course submit one or two first and then adjust the rest based on feedback. But if you want an exemption from Fedora policy, you should talk to FESCo. Personally I'd think that every package needs a review, regardless of how trivial you believe that to be. (Witness Perl modules, which are almost all identical and mechanically generated.) But don't dump them on the review queue all at once, unless you want to annoy people and have them ignore your packages altogether.
- J<
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Agreed, and by the same token, if they're all materially the same, the reviews should be easy. :)
-J
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