Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755772AbZD0VHd (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:07:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757405AbZD0VHW (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:07:22 -0400 Received: from mail-ew0-f176.google.com ([209.85.219.176]:49962 "EHLO mail-ew0-f176.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753429AbZD0VHV convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:07:21 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <20090427193532.GA2948@kroah.com> From: Kay Sievers Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:07:04 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: usbutils 0.81 release To: Alan Stern Cc: Greg KH , USB list , Kernel development list Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1116 Lines: 28 On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 22:48, Alan Stern wrote: > On Mon, 27 Apr 2009, Greg KH wrote: > >> Kay Sievers (11): >>       rename configure.in -> configure.ac >>       delete spec file > > Why delete the spec file?  Don't you want to keep it for people who > would like to build an RPM? Spec files are much too distro specific, they all contain custom distro variables, reference package names which are not the same across distros. They usually don't even agree on the directories the stuff is installed into. The usb.ids file as an example, is in a different location on every distro i have seen. :) There is in most cases no point in keeping outdated spec files or debian directories in upstream source packages. The best when updating a package, is to start with the one that is in the source rpm of the distro one uses. Thanks, Kay -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/