[Bug 467239] Review Request: globus-gss-assist - Globus Toolkit - GSSAPI Assist library

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--- Comment #7 from Mattias Ellert <mattias.ellert at fysast.uu.se>  2009-05-19 02:43:22 EDT ---
(In reply to comment #6)
> I went over this package. No major issues. I still have to see it building in
> koji in all archs and to check the resulting packages. Meanwhile I'd like to
> ask two questions.
> 
> - rpmlints
>    globus-gss-assist-progs.x86_64: W: no-documentation
>    globus-gss-assist-devel.x86_64: W: no-documentation
> can be ignored.
> 
> ? globus-gss-assist-normalization.patch seems to be rejected by upstream
> without apparent explanation (closed WONTFIX). What might be wrong?

There is nothing really wrong, it is just that upstream does not really care
about certificate subject names that contain non-ascii characters. The
recommended practice by upstream is to not use non-ascii characters in the
certificate subject names, so it is a non-issue for them.

> ? For globus-gss-assist.patch, you say "the GRIDMAPDIR patch from VDT". Who is
> this VDT, is it related to upstream globus? If not, would you consider
> submitting the patch to them?  

Globus is well aware of VDT (virtual data toolkit) - http://vdt.cs.wisc.edu/ -
and their patches. They are already submitted to globus bugzilla:

https://bugzilla.mcs.anl.gov/globus/show_bug.cgi?id=6192

VDT it is one of the most commonly used distribution channels for the Globus
Toolkit. Many users of globus use this patch since they get globus from VDT
rather than from upstream directly, so it makes sense to include it. My
suspicion is that if I don't include it, I will get a feature request to
include it very soon anyway.

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