splitting a subpackage to proper package process

[Stephen Gallagher]

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On 09/12/2014 02:37 AM, Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos wrote:
> On Thu, 2014-09-11 at 08:00 -0400, Stephen Gallagher wrote:
> 
>>> Ok, but on this case we have both vpnc and vpnc-script from 
>>> vpnc.spec. If vpnc-script becomes a separate package (with its
>>> own repository), does it qualify as new package? If not (as it
>>> is already there) what would be the process of creating a new
>>> package repository for it?
>> Yes, it qualifies as a new package and must go through the
>> new-package process.
> 
> I believe that is a glitch in the existing process and should be 
> addressed. An existing package in Fedora shouldn't qualify as a
> new package.
> 

It's not a glitch in the process at all. This is intended behavior.
- From the perspective of the Fedora Project, we now have a piece of
code that needs its own spec file and release-engineering effort. It's
completely reasonable to require that someone examines the packaging
to ensure that it is in keeping with Fedora's requirements.

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