https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1265685
--- Comment #25 from Ranjan Maitra <[email protected]> --- (In reply to Dan Horák from comment #24) > (In reply to Ranjan Maitra from comment #23) > > (In reply to Dan Horák from comment #22) > > > > > 2. Requires: sylpheed > > > > > > > > > > This is often superfluous. Generally, RPM will pick up it > > > > > automatically. > > > > > > > > Why so? If sylpheed is not installed, then sylfilter has to be built > > > > differently. > > > > > > no, rpmbuild adds automatically dependencies on shared libraries used in > > > the > > > resulting rpm. So there will be always a dependency on libsylph no matter > > > in > > > which package or rpm libsylph will live. > > > > > > If sylfilter is useful without the sylpheed GUI client, we can move the > > > libsylph library into own subpackage. > > > > Sylfilter is useful without the sylpheed GUI client, but does this not mean > > that sylpheed will have to be rebuilt and be disruptive to an existing > > mature package (the mailer?). > > There is nothing disruptive on introducing a new subpackage in an exiting > package. The library file is already there, it will just move to new rpm. OK, but I guess then I am stuck till this happens. I will containing using my local rpm which has been serving me well for the past 5 years. > > > Btw, someone is trying to package libsylph separately, FWIW: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1288927 > > I don't understand why someone wants to introduce 8 years old code when an > up-to-date version is already available in the distro ... I agree and have not quite understood the rationale. > > > > > New files removing requirement of sylpheed posted at: > > > > > > SPEC: http://maitra.public.iastate.edu/Fedora/sylfilter.spec > > SRPM: http://maitra.public.iastate.edu/Fedora/sylfilter-0.8-6.fc23.src.rpm -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug. You are always notified about changes to this product and component _______________________________________________ package-review mailing list [email protected] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/package-review
