plowshare is not shipped with modules anymore
Jason L Tibbitts III
tibbs at math.uh.edu
Mon Apr 13 16:52:26 UTC 2015
>>>>> "EM" == Elder Marco <eldermarco at gmail.com> writes:
EM> So, upstream recommends to deal with "plowshare" core only, which it
EM> is quite stable. And I agree.
Well, look at how clamav does it. The package provides a snapshot of
the virus data so that we can ship _something_. This will be updated
when freshclam runs.
EM> So, the question is: Am I violating Fedora Packaging Guidelines if I
EM> do not provide the modules into fedora repositories?
Perhaps read over
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Packages_which_are_not_useful_without_external_bits
Personally, I would still ship a module package, but for that to work,
the software has to have a mechanism for local downloads to override
system-provided modules.
- J<
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