On Mon, 4 Jan 2021 at 20:43, Dan Čermák <dan.cermak(a)cgc-instruments.com> wrote:
clime <clime(a)fedoraproject.org> writes:
> ...snip...
>> >
>> > $ preproc-rpmspec pkg.spec.rpkg # prints rendered spec to stdout,
>> > pkg.spec.rpkg is a spec template
>>
>> This would be a viable workaround, but a workaround nevertheless. Since
>> I am not frequently rebuilding Fedora rpms outside of mock, koji & copr,
>> I cannot tell how much of a show-stopper that is though. At least I
>> think that the benefits of the change need to be pretty big to outweigh
>> this potential downside.
>
> If I may ask, why do you think using preproc-rpmspec is a workaround?
I consider it a workaround, because it adds another step to the
packaging process outside of koji & copr: it still works, but you have
to go through extra steps.
Yes, there is an extra step that would be wrapped in higher-level tooling.
But when you said "workaround", I was thinking that you actually saw
the correct solution because "workaround" is imho used usually when
someone can't or don't want to solve things the right way so he/she
takes a shortcut. So I was curious what you think is "the right way"
here.
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>
> Cheers,
>
> Dan