[Bug 211626] Review Request: xtide - Calculate tide all over the world

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Summary: Review Request: xtide - Calculate tide all over the world


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=211626





------- Additional Comments From bugs.michael at gmx.net  2006-10-30 05:49 EST -------
The rationale behind the package split cannot be seen.

First, multiple upstream packages are merged into a single source rpm
just to distribute their contents to multiple rpms afterwards.

What are the benefits of creating the sub-packages like this?
Are package dependency requirements reduced?
Is the size of the installation reduced?

1) As unfortunate as upstream's libtcd static library packaging inside
xtide is, I understand that it makes sense to split off libtcd{-devel},
provided that at least another program is included with Fedora Extras
(e.g. harmgen). The SONAME versioning scheme is unfortunate, but that
is something to discuss with the upstream developer.

2) tcd-utils is a separate tarball, a small one, but needed for building
your "xtide" rpms. So, you decided to include it, thereby defeating the
purpose of the upstream split. Among other side-effects, you need to
push new  xtide, libtcd, libtcd-devel, xttpd, tcd-utils  packages whenever
one out of two upstream packages changes. Further, tideEditor, which is
part of tcd-utils and not put into a separate rpm, adds a dependency on
the rather large Qt. This reduces the benefit of a separate tcd-utils rpm,
as now Qt is needed when installing the small *tide_db tools.

3) And finally, XTide, split into multiple small rpms, is "enhanced" with
a strict dependency on a 40M data rpm.

The current package split is neither obvious nor convenient for the users.
Seriously, considering the special target group of XTide and friends,
I wouldn't even mind an all-in-one package with *optional* data.


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