[Fedora-packaging] Merging 2 packages

[Orion Poplawski]

On 04/04/2015 02:59 PM, Scott Talbert wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have two packages that I maintain that both use the same upstream
> tarball.  I'm not sure about the history behind why this was setup this
> way, but I assume it was so that one could be updated without having to
> update the other.  This happens so rarely that I don't think it is
> really worth the effort of maintaining two separate packages (and
> dealing with buildroot overrides, submitting synchronized updates,
> etc.)  Thus, I am thinking about merging them.  Is this really just as
> simple as having spec A build spec B's packages and then retire source
> package B?
>
> Thanks,
> Scott

Yes.  But if perhaps you mentioned what packages these are, someone 
might remember why this was done this way and might comment on the 
specifics.


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