[Fedora-packaging] FESCo request: guideline about dependencies on redhat-lsb

Seth Vidal skvidal at fedoraproject.org
Wed Mar 17 13:19:12 UTC 2010



On Wed, 17 Mar 2010, Tom \"spot\" Callaway wrote:

> Given that the purpose of that package was really twofold:
>
> 1. To ensure that all the dependencies for an LSB certified system were
> in place (which is why it depends on half the repository)
>
> 2. To provide the LSB functions and scripts
>
> We could simply divide it into:
>
> lsb-cert (a metapackage which requires half the repository and lsb-scripts)
> lsb-scripts (just the functions and scripts)
>
> It's also a good opportunity to drop the unnecessary "redhat" in the
> naming scheme.
>

+1

-sv



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