Is BuildRoot still mandatory?

[Rahul Sundaram]

On 07/21/2009 12:20 AM, Björn Persson wrote:

> So my question is: If there are no plans to build a package on any 
> distribution release where a BuildRoot tag is needed, and it is known that 
> the package won't build cleanly on such a release, is a BuildRoot tag still 
> required for the package to be approved for Fedora?
> 
> For reference, these are my review requests:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=509158
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=509159
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=509160

It is still needed till packaging committee approves

https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=Phase_out_buildroot_tag_%28draft%29

Rahul