> If a metainfo file provides a `<provides/>` tag, distributors must also > ensure that the package providing the file contain all items referenced by > that statement, or is installed by a metapackage depending on packages which > provide these items.
This sounds like if this file becomes outdated, distributors would be supposed to stop distributing Geany. > This gives upstream projects a (very light) way to influence distributor > packaging. Meh. It's not our role to package for a distribution, nor to influence it farther than making a sensible product. --- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/geany/geany/pull/1142#issuecomment-233641000
