[Fedora-packaging] Proposal to reduce anti-bundling requirements

[Ralf Corsepius]

On 09/10/2015 04:06 PM, Stephen Gallagher wrote:
> On Thu, 2015-09-10 at 09:03 -0500, Jon Ciesla wrote:
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>> On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 8:53 AM, Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh at redhat.c
>> om> wrote:
>>> I assume that subject line got your attention.
>>>
>> Most definitely. :)
>>
>> So it's basically the same but without FPC as a gatekeeper?  Do you
>> have any proposals for enforcement?  A periodic query of Provides
>> (bundled-foo) and a BZ requesting a review?  Sometime projects
>> enable unbundling over time.
>>
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> I don't know that enforcement is strictly necessary. Maintainers that
> care will self-enforce. Maintainers that don't care won't be aided by
> this.

Are you talking about upstream maintainers of fedora maintainers?

The cause of the majority of cases of bundling is upstream maintainers 
who violently refuse to comprehend the evilness of bundling and who use 
bundling because "it's so convenient" to them.

> "Enforcement" implies adding more heavy process, which is part of the
> problem this is trying to avoid.
You don't seem to be aware about the fact FPC already tries to enforce 
unbundling. Yes, this is a heavy and time-consuming process, esp. on 
occasions upstream's behave stubborn and refuse to listen.

Ralf