From: "Peter Lemenkov" <lemenkov(a)gmail.com>
> Not so interesting then - we've got SL and CentOS already.
I've been tracking this thread, and since this comes up regularly, I'd
like to point out a couple of considerations. The audience of these
considerations vary, so please ignore the ones that are not
appropriate for you.
- Red Hat products and "EL Rebuilds"
There is a difference between building for Red Hat products, including
Enterprise Linux (EL), and community (and even commercial) "EL
Rebuilds," as I will refer to them. Even if we not only acknowledge
"EL Rebuilds" strive for bit-for-bit compatibility, but always assume
they are, there are more things than delays in errata and updates,
including the fact that only some infrastructure and other products
are built as well. Having a Red Hat Network (RHN) account, related
subscriptions, etc... to build against is most ideal, including the
child channels.
- Releasing software as both community and supported
If you are an open source project, one that targets both a community
release (ideally via EPEL) and a commercial release (ideally as a Red
Hat ISV), it's nice to build on Red Hat products. Beyond waiting for
"EL Rebuild" to release errata/updates, if you are considering funding
your developments with a supported release with the latter, being able
to build and reproduce issues on Red Hat stack never hurts either. In
fact, I would like to see more commercial ISVs release their open
source software directly via Fedora Project EPEL, taking advantage of
its benefits.
I've now been involved with a number of value-add, open source
projects that build on "EL Rebuilds" -- or even Fedora -- but then run
into issues that would be addressed if they were developing on Red Hat
for release. I.e., by the time they develop/build, the "EL Rebuild"
errata/updates are out as well. If they wait for the latter, then
their release is even later. And if they are on Fedora, they are
often half-way to the next release, if not already there. Having a
Red Hat entitlement for development would be much better.
- Access to Red Hat Customer Portal
I know several professionals on this list, including myself, are not
active EPEL developers. We use this list to track developments and
other considerations as we leverage Fedora EPEL for distribution of
unsupported components in enterprises. Although portions of Red Hat
Network is public, including some of the Knowledgebase, having full
access is never a bad thing. As a professional, I've found this to be
a Godsend, especially when I'm consulting at a site and they have not
given me a login for their Red Hat account.
With that all said ...
- Free Entitlements and the Red Hat Developer Subscription
If RHEL entitlements are being offered for EPEL maintainers, I would
take advantage of such an offering for the reasons above, as they
apply to you.
Otherwise, also know that Red Hat continues to maintain a sub-$100
subscription for developers that comes with the platform and
middleware stacks. [1] So even if you're not an active EPEL
developer, but regularly building and/or integrating Fedora, EPEL,
etc... in your enterprise, consider the Developer Subscription [1] for
development-usage, such as building and testing.
I'm still surprised how many people are not aware that Red Hat
continues to offer a subscription for Developers, and has e-mailed
various offerings over the years. E.g., I'm still using my RHN
account that I originally registered for Red Hat Linux almost a decade
ago, and have taken Red Hat up offers ever since they converted my Red
Hat Linux account into Red Hat Enterprise Linux entitlements back in
2003.
[1] https://store.redhat.com/apps/store/developers/
--
Bryan J Smith - Professional, Technical Annoyance
Greetings.
I thought I would drop a reminder here about RHEL entitlements for EPEL
maintainers. If you are a maintainer of packages in EPEL, you can get a
entitlement to run RHEL to help you test and fix your package(s).
See: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL_RHEL_Entitlements
for more information and process to request your entitlement.
Hopefully this is useful to some. ;)
kevin
The following Fedora EPEL 6 Security updates need testing:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0928/libpng10-1.0.…https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0929/drupal7-ctool…https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0349/bugzilla-3.4.…https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0927/openstack-nov…https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0921/trytond-1.8.6…https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0850/drupal6-date-…https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0943/asterisk-1.8.…https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0941/perl-Pod-Plai…https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0916/openstack-key…https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2011-4701/supybot-gribb…
The following builds have been pushed to Fedora EPEL 6 updates-testing
drupal7-date-2.3-1.el6
mysql-proxy-0.8.2-1.el6
perl-RT-Authen-ExternalAuth-0.10-1.el6
pogo-0.5-3.el6
python-dirq-1.1.2-1.el6
python-twill-0.9-7.el6
redis-2.4.10-1.el6
Details about builds:
================================================================================
drupal7-date-2.3-1.el6 (FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0960)
This package contains both the Date module and a Date API module
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Update Information:
Update to upstream 2.3 release
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ChangeLog:
* Mon Apr 2 2012 Jared Smith <jsmith(a)fedoraproject.org> - 2.3-1
- Update to upstream release 2.3
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #808850 - drupal7-date-2.3 is available
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=808850
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================================================================================
mysql-proxy-0.8.2-1.el6 (FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0956)
A proxy for the MySQL Client/Server protocol
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Update Information:
This update brings the MySQL Proxy release 0.8.2 to a server near you.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ChangeLog:
* Sun Apr 1 2012 Dominic Hopf <dmaphy(a)fedoraproject.org> - 0.8.2-1
- New upstream release MySQL-Proxy 0.8.2
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================================================================================
perl-RT-Authen-ExternalAuth-0.10-1.el6 (FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0962)
RT Authentication using External Sources
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Update Information:
initial release
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================================================================================
pogo-0.5-3.el6 (FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0955)
Probably the simplest and fastest audio player for Linux
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Update Information:
Pogo's elementary-inspired design uses the screen-space very efficiently. It is
especially well-suited for people who organize their music by albums on the
harddrive. The main interface components are a directory tree and a playlist
that groups albums in an innovative way.
Pogo is a fork of Decibel Audio Player.
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #803082 - Review Request: pogo - Probably the simplest and fastest audio player for Linux
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=803082
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python-dirq-1.1.2-1.el6 (FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0963)
Directory based queue
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Update Information:
dirq update to 1.1.2.
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ChangeLog:
* Fri Mar 30 2012 Massimo Paladin <massimo.paladin(a)gmail.com> - 1.1.2-1
- Update to 1.1.2.
* Tue Mar 20 2012 Massimo Paladin <massimo.paladin(a)gmail.com> - 1.1.1-1
- Update to 1.1.1.
* Tue Feb 14 2012 Steve Traylen <steve.traylen(a)cern.ch> - 1.0.1-2
- Empty release for revision control error.
* Tue Feb 14 2012 Steve Traylen <steve.traylen(a)cern.ch> - 1.0.1-1
- Update to 1.0.1.
- Enable python3 support with patch dirq-1.0.1-dist-tag.patch.
* Sat Jan 14 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.0.5-6
- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Mass_Rebuild
* Tue Feb 8 2011 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.0.5-5
- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_15_Mass_Rebuild
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python-twill-0.9-7.el6 (FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0954)
Simple scripting language for Web browsing
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Update Information:
Initial build for EL6.
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================================================================================
redis-2.4.10-1.el6 (FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0959)
A persistent key-value database
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Update Information:
Update to 2.4.10
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ChangeLog:
* Sat Mar 31 2012 Silas Sewell <silas(a)sewell.org> - 2.4.10-1
- Update to redis 2.4.10
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The following Fedora EPEL 5 Security updates need testing:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0827/taglib-1.6.1-…https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0931/drupal7-ctool…https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0352/bugzilla-3.2.…https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0854/drupal6-date-…
The following builds have been pushed to Fedora EPEL 5 updates-testing
drupal7-date-2.3-1.el5
python-dirq-1.1.2-1.el5
redis-2.4.10-1.el5
Details about builds:
================================================================================
drupal7-date-2.3-1.el5 (FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0957)
This package contains both the Date module and a Date API module
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Update Information:
Update to upstream 2.3 release
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ChangeLog:
* Mon Apr 2 2012 Jared Smith <jsmith(a)fedoraproject.org> - 2.3-1
- Update to upstream release 2.3
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
References:
[ 1 ] Bug #808850 - drupal7-date-2.3 is available
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=808850
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================================================================================
python-dirq-1.1.2-1.el5 (FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0958)
Directory based queue
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Update Information:
dirq update to 1.1.2.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ChangeLog:
* Fri Mar 30 2012 Massimo Paladin <massimo.paladin(a)gmail.com> - 1.1.2-1
- Update to 1.1.2.
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================================================================================
redis-2.4.10-1.el5 (FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0961)
A persistent key-value database
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Update Information:
Update to 2.4.10
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ChangeLog:
* Sat Mar 31 2012 Silas Sewell <silas(a)sewell.org> - 2.4.10-1
- Update to redis 2.4.10
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The following Fedora EPEL 6 Security updates need testing:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0928/libpng10-1.0.…https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0929/drupal7-ctool…https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0349/bugzilla-3.4.…https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0927/openstack-nov…https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0921/trytond-1.8.6…https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0850/drupal6-date-…https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0943/asterisk-1.8.…https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0941/perl-Pod-Plai…https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0795/nginx-1.0.14-…https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0916/openstack-key…https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2011-4701/supybot-gribb…
The following builds have been pushed to Fedora EPEL 6 updates-testing
R-2.15.0-1.el6
flashrom-0.9.5.2-1.svn1517.el6
lshw-B.02.14-3.el6
perl-Math-Calc-Units-1.07-6.el6
perl-Pod-Wordlist-hanekomu-1.120920-1.el6
php-pear-File-1.4.0-1.el6
php-pear-File-CSV-1.0.0-2.el6
php-pear-File-Util-1.0.0-2.el6
python-requests-0.11.1-1.el6
Details about builds:
================================================================================
R-2.15.0-1.el6 (FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0952)
A language for data analysis and graphics
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Update Information:
Update to R 2.15.0. Rebuild rkward for R 2.15.0. Update rpy to 2.2.5 and rebuild for R 2.15.0.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ChangeLog:
* Fri Mar 30 2012 Tom Callaway <spot(a)fedoraproject.org> - 2.15.0-1
- Update to 2.15.0
* Fri Feb 10 2012 Petr Pisar <ppisar(a)redhat.com> - 2.14.1-3
- Rebuild against PCRE 8.30
* Thu Jan 12 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> - 2.14.1-2
- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Mass_Rebuild
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flashrom-0.9.5.2-1.svn1517.el6 (FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0944)
Simple program for reading/writing BIOS chips content
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Update Information:
- Updated to latest svn ver. 1517 (post-release snapshot for 0.9.5.2)
- Add (untested) board enable for ASUS TUSL2-C
- Add board enable for ASUS OPLX-M.
- Add support for SFDP (JESD216)
- Support compilation for the ARM architecture (not enabled in the spec-file)
- Board enable for TriGem Anaheim-3
- Add support for RDC R6030 chipset
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ChangeLog:
* Sat Mar 31 2012 Peter Lemenkov <lemenkov(a)gmail.com> - 0.9.5.2-1.svn1517
- Updated to latest svn ver. 1517 (post-release snapshot for 0.9.5.2)
- Add (untested) board enable for ASUS TUSL2-C
- Add board enable for ASUS OPLX-M.
- Add support for SFDP (JESD216)
- Support compilation for the ARM architecture (not enabled in the spec-file)
- Board enable for TriGem Anaheim-3
- Add support for RDC R6030 chipset
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lshw-B.02.14-3.el6 (FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0951)
Hardware lister
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Update Information:
lshw - simple hardware lister
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #781486 - RFE: Please build lshw for EPEL6.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=781486
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perl-Math-Calc-Units-1.07-6.el6 (FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0945)
Human-readable unit-aware calculator
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Update Information:
The package has had a general clean-up, and in particular the License tag now correctly shows "GPL version 2, or Artistic" rather than "GPL version 2 or later, or Artistic".
For the Fedora (not EPEL) updates, the package no longer claims to provide the `Parse::Yapp::Driver` module - the old-style provides filtering was working OK in EPEL.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ChangeLog:
* Sun Apr 1 2012 Paul Howarth <paul(a)city-fan.org> - 1.07-6
- License is "GPLv2 or Artistic", not "GPLv2+ or Artistic"
- BR: perl(Test::Pod) for additional test coverage
- BR: Perl core modules that might be dual-lived
- Make %files list more explicit
- Drop %defattr, redundant since rpm 4.4
- Fix provides filter to work with rpm ≥ 4.9
- Don't need to remove empty directories from buildroot
- Use DESTDIR rather than PERL_INSTALL_ROOT
- Don't use macros for commands
- Reinstate buildroot definition and cleaning for EPEL-5 compatibility
- Use tabs
* Fri Jan 13 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.07-5
- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Mass_Rebuild
* Fri Jun 17 2011 Marcela Mašláňová <mmaslano(a)redhat.com> - 1.07-4
- Perl mass rebuild
* Tue Feb 8 2011 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.07-3
- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_15_Mass_Rebuild
* Mon Dec 20 2010 Marcela Maslanova <mmaslano(a)redhat.com> - 1.07-2
- Rebuild to fix problems with vendorarch/lib (#661697)
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perl-Pod-Wordlist-hanekomu-1.120920-1.el6 (FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0948)
Add words for spell checking POD
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Update Information:
This update includes extra words to be ignored by module release spelling checks:
* pre
* precompute
* prereq
* prereqs
* symlinked
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ChangeLog:
* Sun Apr 1 2012 Paul Howarth <paul(a)city-fan.org> - 1.120920-1
- Update to 1.120920
- Added "pre", "precompute", "prereq", "prereqs", "symlinked"
- Drop %defattr, redundant since rpm 4.4
- perl(Test::Kwalitee) and perl(Test::MinimumVersion) now available in EPEL-5
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php-pear-File-1.4.0-1.el6 (FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0950)
Common file and directory routines
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Update Information:
Upstream Changelog:
* Split File_CSV from File into it's own package
* Split File_Util from File into it's own package
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ChangeLog:
* Sun Apr 1 2012 Remi Collet <remi(a)fedoraproject.org> - 1.4.0-1
- update to 1.4.0
- run test suite during %check
- splited in File, File_CSV and File_Util
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php-pear-File-CSV-1.0.0-2.el6 (FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0950)
Read and write of CSV files
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Update Information:
Upstream Changelog:
* Split File_CSV from File into it's own package
* Split File_Util from File into it's own package
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================================================================================
php-pear-File-Util-1.0.0-2.el6 (FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0950)
Common file and directory utility functions
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Update Information:
Upstream Changelog:
* Split File_CSV from File into it's own package
* Split File_Util from File into it's own package
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
================================================================================
python-requests-0.11.1-1.el6 (FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0953)
HTTP library, written in Python, for human beings
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Update Information:
python-requests - 0.11.1
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The following Fedora EPEL 5 Security updates need testing:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0827/taglib-1.6.1-…https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0931/drupal7-ctool…https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0352/bugzilla-3.2.…https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0854/drupal6-date-…https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0809/nginx-0.8.55-…
The following builds have been pushed to Fedora EPEL 5 updates-testing
R-2.15.0-1.el5
perl-Math-Calc-Units-1.07-6.el5
perl-Pod-Wordlist-hanekomu-1.120920-1.el5
Details about builds:
================================================================================
R-2.15.0-1.el5 (FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0947)
A language for data analysis and graphics
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Update Information:
Update to R 2.15.0. Rebuild rkward for R 2.15.0. Update rpy to 2.2.5 and rebuild for R 2.15.0.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ChangeLog:
* Fri Mar 30 2012 Tom Callaway <spot(a)fedoraproject.org> - 2.15.0-1
- Update to 2.15.0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
================================================================================
perl-Math-Calc-Units-1.07-6.el5 (FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0949)
Human-readable unit-aware calculator
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Update Information:
The package has had a general clean-up, and in particular the License tag now correctly shows "GPL version 2, or Artistic" rather than "GPL version 2 or later, or Artistic".
For the Fedora (not EPEL) updates, the package no longer claims to provide the `Parse::Yapp::Driver` module - the old-style provides filtering was working OK in EPEL.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ChangeLog:
* Sun Apr 1 2012 Paul Howarth <paul(a)city-fan.org> - 1.07-6
- License is "GPLv2 or Artistic", not "GPLv2+ or Artistic"
- BR: perl(Test::Pod) for additional test coverage
- BR: Perl core modules that might be dual-lived
- Make %files list more explicit
- Drop %defattr, redundant since rpm 4.4
- Fix provides filter to work with rpm ≥ 4.9
- Don't need to remove empty directories from buildroot
- Use DESTDIR rather than PERL_INSTALL_ROOT
- Don't use macros for commands
- Reinstate buildroot definition and cleaning for EPEL-5 compatibility
- Use tabs
* Fri Jan 13 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.07-5
- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Mass_Rebuild
* Fri Jun 17 2011 Marcela Mašláňová <mmaslano(a)redhat.com> - 1.07-4
- Perl mass rebuild
* Tue Feb 8 2011 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.07-3
- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_15_Mass_Rebuild
* Mon Dec 20 2010 Marcela Maslanova <mmaslano(a)redhat.com> - 1.07-2
- Rebuild to fix problems with vendorarch/lib (#661697)
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perl-Pod-Wordlist-hanekomu-1.120920-1.el5 (FEDORA-EPEL-2012-0946)
Add words for spell checking POD
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Update Information:
This update includes extra words to be ignored by module release spelling checks:
* pre
* precompute
* prereq
* prereqs
* symlinked
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ChangeLog:
* Sun Apr 1 2012 Paul Howarth <paul(a)city-fan.org> - 1.120920-1
- Update to 1.120920
- Added "pre", "precompute", "prereq", "prereqs", "symlinked"
- Drop %defattr, redundant since rpm 4.4
- perl(Test::Kwalitee) and perl(Test::MinimumVersion) now available in EPEL-5
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The results in this summary consider Test Updates!
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