Richard Torkar wrote: > > > On Fri, 2005-02-25 at 14:36 -0500, Michael Jennings wrote: > > On Friday, 25 February 2005, at 18:05:42 (+0100), > > Richard Torkar wrote: > *SNIP* > > > so I'm just curious as to why this was a problem in this project. As > > > always, I'm asking nicely. I'm not being arrogant - just curious and > > > maybe stupid :-) > > > > 1. Automatically-generated spec files often fail to end up in the > > release tarball. This prevents "rpmbuild -ta" from working. Your > > patch has exactly this problem. > > I'm well aware of that fact. It was not the intention to make the > spec.in full-fledged to begin with. If that is the purpose then I'd be > more than happy to fix that. > > > 2. Automatically-generated spec files lull software maintainers into > > a false sense of security and are generally left to stagnate. > > Yes, unfortunately I've seen this as well... > > > 3. Spec files and the rpm dependency engine are not equivalent to > > autoFUCK tools and cannot be treated as such. > > Wholeheartedly agree. > > > 4. Making spec file changes, like making configure.in changes, can > > have notable and widespread results and should thus be done as a > > conscious choice. > > See point 3, since it's the same. > > > 5. AutoFUCK tools generate files which differ between systems and > > between builds. If you have to change your spec file whenever you > > build, you have issues. > > See point 3, since it's the same. > > What I wan't to do, and what I believe more people want, is to make spec > creation a first class citizen in E's build system. Now if the dev team > decides not to, then I have no problems with that. I'll just use > Didier's rpms which he creates with some pearl magic etc. :)
Well, as the other guy who does .spec update once in a while, I'll vote with Michael on this one. Except for version automation, I don't see much advantage and I agree with the objections. -- Kevin ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
