Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759263AbZD0V4F (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:56:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758077AbZD0Vym (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:54:42 -0400 Received: from netrider.rowland.org ([192.131.102.5]:45746 "HELO netrider.rowland.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1757348AbZD0Vyl (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:54:41 -0400 Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:54:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Alan Stern X-X-Sender: stern@netrider.rowland.org To: Kay Sievers cc: Greg KH , USB list , Kernel development list Subject: Re: usbutils 0.81 release In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1519 Lines: 38 On Mon, 27 Apr 2009, Kay Sievers wrote: > 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 There is in most cases no point in keeping outdated spec files or 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. But what if the distro doesn't ship that package at all? Then it's good to at least have a starting point that you can adapt to your own needs. (Although I don't know of any major distributions that doesn't include usbutils...) This isn't a big deal. If you and Greg don't want to include a spec file then don't. Alan Stern -- 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/