[systemd-devel] RFC: creating a set of systemd RPM macros across distributions ?

[Frederic Crozat]

Le lundi 04 juillet 2011 à 19:28 +0200, Kay Sievers a écrit :
> On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 14:57, Frederic Crozat <fcrozat at suse.com> wrote:
> > Le lundi 04 juillet 2011 à 14:53 +0200, Kay Sievers a écrit :
> >> On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 14:10, Frederic Crozat <fcrozat at suse.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > (this macro could refer to different package, if people don't agree on
> >> > systemd-units as packagename)
> >>
> >> I don't agree on the split-off in general. :)
> >>
> >> I don't really see how a subpackage gives us any advantage, and we
> >> should not recommend its use, I think.
> >
> > In that case, I suggest we keep the macro name in the proposal (because
> > we want other packages to requires "some" systemd package in their
> > specfile, but the content of the macro can change in distributions.
> 
> What's the point of having "some" sub-package at all? I guess, stuff
> should just depend on systemd.rpm instead of making it all needlessly
> complicated. Or should I package udev-rules.rpm next? :)

Please re-read what I wrote :

the point is to have a common macro which would allow packagers to
ensure they don't forget anything. The name of the package pulled by
this macro is not relevant.

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Frederic Crozat <fcrozat at suse.com>
SUSE