Toshio Kuratomi wrote:

> If you're on packaging@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@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