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

[Kay Sievers]

On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 10:09, Frederic Crozat <fcrozat at suse.com> wrote:
> 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 :

Nice hint. :)

> 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.

Yeah, and again, it's just 'Requires: systemd', and I think no need to
play distro-package indirection/abstraction games here.

Thanks,
Kay