[Fedora-packaging] Update on packages violating the Static Library guidelines

[Jesse Keating]

On Thu, 2010-02-11 at 13:01 +0100, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> [ http://mschwendt.fedorapeople.org/staticbugstat.html ]
> 
> On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:11:11 +0100, Milos wrote:
> 
> > > On Tue, 9 Feb 2010 15:52:13 +0100, I wrote:
> > >
> > >> * Early-warning system =>   "binutils" was closed WONTFIX:
> > >>    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/556040
> > >>    I may need some backup in case the reopened ticket will be ignored.
> > >
> > > Amazing how responsive some maintainers can be if they want to close
> > > something as WONTFIX or NOTABUG together with a slap into the face.
> > >
> > > "They don't make any sense for binutils" is all what Jakub Jelinek
> > > added about the current Fedora Packaging Guidelines.
> > 
> > Indeed, surprising:)
> > 
> > I've reopened again, let's see what explanation we will get (if any).
> > 
> > Milos
> 
> Does anyone else like to add something?
> 
> I've slept about this, and I'm starting to feel bad. If the autoqa guys
> had blogged about such a test for static lib packaging, I'm sure there
> would be a lobby who praises them.
> 
> This check of whether static libs are packaged correctly is automated,
> including the tracking and closing of bugzilla tickets. In my opinion the
> guidelines are clear [1], I've been responsive to answer early questions.
> But apparently it's too easy to slam a door and hide somewhere. "binutils"
> is not the only troublemaker. "e2fsprogs" has been reported two months ago
> without a response.
> 

I appreciate the work you're doing here, and I think if you're not
getting traction you should bring it to FESCos attention.
-- 
Jesse Keating
Fedora -- Freedom² is a feature!
identi.ca: http://identi.ca/jkeating
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