[[e-mail]: Java package maintainers, please, add missing requires to your packages.]

[Andrew Overholt]

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> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:31:10 +0300
> From: Peter Lemenkov 
> To: Development discussions related to Fedora 
> Subject: Java package maintainers, please, add missing requires to your
>    packages.
>
> Hello All!
>
> Recently I (re)started to package some big java application, and as
> one of side effect of this work, I take a closer look on current state
> of java packages in Fedora and I was disappointed with what I saw
> here.
>
> Quick summary - many java packages does not obey Fedora Packaging
> Guidelines in case of owning a directories, already owned by other
> packages.
>
> As a result - some packages owns %{_javadir}, some - %{_javadocdir},
> some - own directories with maven-related stuff. This mess must be
> fixed!
>
> Please, take a closer look at your spec-files and
>
> a) Add Requires jpackage-utils to main package's header if your
> package stores something in %{_javadir}
> b) Add Requires jpackage-utils to *-javadoc subpackage's header if you
> store something in %{_javadocdir}
> c) Do NOT own %{_javadir} - e.g. do NOT list bare directory
> %{_javadir} in %files section. Instead use something like
> %{_javadir}/*
> d) The same rule applies for /usr/share/maven2, /etc/maven/fragments (
> %{_mavendepmapfragdir} ) and /usr/share/maven2/poms ( %{_mavenpomdir}
> ) and other  - these two already owned by jpackage-utils.
> e) Check for other directories, already owned by other packages. Foe
> example, take a look at the "rpm -ql jpackage-utils" and you'll see
> the list of directories, owned by this package - these directories can
> NOT be owned by other packages. Add proper Requires instead.
>
> I already fixed some packages, byt there are lots of them remaining.
> For example, very often people forgot to add "Requires:
> jpackage-utils"  to *-javadoc.
>
> Please, do NOT fix packages ONLY in Rawhide (as some of us do usually)
> proposed fixes doesn't ruin ABI or API compatibility, and should be
>
> applied in every active branch.
>
> Please, keep in mind that adding Requires(post) and Requires(postun)
> is not the same as adding Requires. One could easily remove packages,
> listed in Requires(post|postun), and your package should work and
> whole filesystem tree should remain consistent (I mean every directory
> should have their respective owner). Thus, enlisting jpackage-utils in
> Requires(post) only is not enough if you store something in
> %{_javadir}.
>
> Thank you for your attention!
>
> -- 
> With best regards, Peter Lemenkov.
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