plowshare is not shipped with modules anymore

[Elder Marco]

Thanks!

cicku, good idea!


Ralf, plowshare is a command-line downloader/uploader for some of the most
popular file-sharing websites.  Each module (written in bash) corresponds
to a different sharing site.  The modules are downloaded via plowmod, from
a oficial repository provided by upstream. But, the users can install a
module provided by another user, if they want to. The modules are updated
constantly and it is difficult to update the package at the same pace. So,
providing a core package and let the users to update the modules is a
better idea in my opinion. The modules are installed under
~/.config/plowshare/modules.d/


Jason, thanks! I could package the modules. But this is not a good ideia as
explained above. The package will be quickly outdated. Perharps, before I
mark it as stable. However, if necessary, I will submit a review request to
a new package, that will contain the modules.

On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs at math.uh.edu>
wrote:

> >>>>> "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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