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

Jon Ciesla limb at jcomserv.net
Wed Mar 17 13:51:46 UTC 2010


Tom "spot" Callaway wrote:
> On 03/16/2010 06:07 PM, Till Maas wrote:
>   
>> I understand the comment from Kevin at "03/16/10 21:11:09" that it would
>> also be ok to require potential subpackages once redhat-lsb has been
>> made more granular.
>>     
>
> 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.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> ~spot
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