[Fedora-packaging] make URL tag mandatory

[Ralf Corsepius]

On 08/13/2013 09:27 PM, Till Maas wrote:

> My suggestion would be:
>
> - Packages must have a URL tag
> - If possible, the URL should be valid
> - If the package is completely created by Fedora, use
> https://fedoraproject.org
> - If there is no upstream web page, use the Source URL, or, if the web
>    server allows directory listings, specify the directory of the Source
>    URL
> - If the original URL does not work, try an archive.org one and add a
>    comment to the SPEC explaining when it was noticed that the URL does
>    not work
> - If archive.org does not work, use the last known URL and add a comment
>
> An additional hack would be to add an achor tag to URLs that are known
> to not work anymore, such as the following:
>
> "http://example.com/#Fedora:+does+not+work,+no+new+URL+known"

-1

I don't see how the effect would be different from not having an URL 
tag, except that your proposal causes more bureaucracy.

Ralf