Hi, Can we remove %ldconfig_scriptlets and %{?python_provide:%python_provide python3-%{srcname}} from the specs ?
The new documentation of packaging guidelines is very cool [1], I'd like to suggest a section for scriptlets that can be removed fro spec files and documentation since when, also if, inform how to deal with epel 7 and 8 version, even better .
Thank you.
[1] https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/
On 12/4/20 1:44 AM, Sérgio Basto wrote:
Hi, Can we remove %ldconfig_scriptlets and %{?python_provide:%python_provide python3-%{srcname}} from the specs ?
For packages with files and for Fedora 33+, the %python_provide call can be removed. For packages without files or on Fedora 32 or on EPEL 7/8 they should be replaced with %py_provides (although not worth doing it in mass). This is documented at https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/Python/#_the_py_pr...
The %ldconfig_scriptlets macro can be removed on all Fedoras. Possibly also on EPEL 8. But it is required on EPEL 7.
The new documentation of packaging guidelines is very cool [1], I'd like to suggest a section for scriptlets that can be removed fro spec files and documentation since when, also if, inform how to deal with epel 7 and 8 version, even better .
The guidelines are for Fedora, not EPEL. If you want, you can create/update a page in the EPEL guidelines, those are free-to-edit wiki:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL:Packaging#Scriptlets
Hi Miro,
On Fri, 2020-12-04 at 09:30 +0100, Miro Hrončok wrote:
On 12/4/20 1:44 AM, Sérgio Basto wrote:
Hi, Can we remove %ldconfig_scriptlets and %{?python_provide:%python_provide python3-%{srcname}} from the specs ?
For packages with files and for Fedora 33+, the %python_provide call can be removed. For packages without files or on Fedora 32 or on EPEL 7/8 they should be replaced with %py_provides (although not worth doing it in mass). This is documented at https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/Python/#_the_py_pr...
Thank you for clarifications , I read #_the_py_provides_macro before writing this email :)
And I would change wiki to this sentence ... , IMO is more clear .
The %ldconfig_scriptlets macro can be removed on all Fedoras. Possibly also on EPEL 8. But it is required on EPEL 7.
OK, as I suggest, I think we should have a page dedicate to what is not need anymore .
The new documentation of packaging guidelines is very cool [1], I'd like to suggest a section for scriptlets that can be removed fro spec files and documentation since when, also if, inform how to deal with epel 7 and 8 version, even better .
The guidelines are for Fedora, not EPEL. If you want, you can create/update a page in the EPEL guidelines, those are free-to-edit wiki:
Is not about an epel 7 specific , is about how maintain a package since epel 7 to rawhide .
Thank you.
On Fri, 4 Dec 2020 at 11:27, Sérgio Basto sergio@serjux.com wrote:
Hi Miro,
On Fri, 2020-12-04 at 09:30 +0100, Miro Hrončok wrote:
On 12/4/20 1:44 AM, Sérgio Basto wrote:
Hi, Can we remove %ldconfig_scriptlets and %{?python_provide:%python_provide python3-%{srcname}} from the specs ?
For packages with files and for Fedora 33+, the %python_provide call can be removed. For packages without files or on Fedora 32 or on EPEL 7/8 they should be replaced with %py_provides (although not worth doing it in mass). This is documented at
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/Python/#_the_py_pr...
Thank you for clarifications , I read #_the_py_provides_macro before writing this email :)
And I would change wiki to this sentence ... , IMO is more clear .
The %ldconfig_scriptlets macro can be removed on all Fedoras. Possibly also on EPEL 8. But it is required on EPEL 7.
I think it makes a little more sense to indicate from which version of Fedora on (and EPEL if applicable) a specific feature is no longer needed. Saying "all Fedoras" is a little vague and it erodes the in-doc history of these changes.
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