On Mon, 16 Nov 2020 at 03:06, Miroslav Suchý <msuchy(a)redhat.com> wrote:
Dne 12. 11. 20 v 21:22 Adam Williamson napsal(a):
> If you're going to have this kind of "upstream" spec file...well, I
> wish you wouldn't. But if you do, *AT MINIMUM*, the "downstream" spec
> files need to have a clear explanation that there is an "upstream" spec
> file, with a justification as to why, and a link to it. At the very
> top. Otherwise there is no chance any other Fedora packager is going to
> find it.
This is actually a good idea. I have lots of such spec files.
Is it a good idea to document this in Packaging Guidelines?
It is already in the guidelines:
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/#_spec_maintena...
> Something like:
>
> If upstream provides SPEC files and your SPEC is a copy you should put on top of
SPEC
> file:
> # This SPEC file is a copy from upstream
http://www.upstream.org/foo.spec
>