Toshio Kuratomi wrote:
If you're on packaging(a)lists.fp.o, we should probably take
discussion
there.
Here's the fpc ticket with the question of whether we should relax the
guidelines:
https://fedorahosted.org/fpc/ticket/15
Note that your description of the rubygem-passenger system could still fail
to pass the test under revised guidelines depending on what they turn out
to be. For instance, the guidelines might allow bundling of the latest
upstream version or of the version provided by Fedora, or they might
require that the package maintainer be able to code fixes should they be
necessary. It's probably a good idea to join packaging(a)lists.fp.o and
give reasons that requirements like that aren't needed.
As per the thread on advisory-board;
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/advisory-board/2010-
October/009577.html
I urge you to consider to allow exceptions like these for the greater benefit
of your users -and thus upstream, through Fedora.
Kind regards,
Jeroen van Meeuwen
-kanarip