[Mageia-dev] %{foo} vs. %foo

Mon Aug 22 00:16:24 CEST 2011

Hi,
+
+Theres been a private discussion regarding the macro correct layout, if
+%{foo} or %foo.
+
+This rised when in the wiki page
+http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=kde4_packaging_policy i changed the spec
+layout from %foo into %{foo} to be as a reference point, in wich mikala has
+reverted back to %foo, and this discussion has taken other porportions so i
+would like your opinions regarding this.
+
+I have pointed that for a wiki page should be proper to use %{...} to avoid
+doubts specially in beginners minds, since in some situations we need really
+to use the {} delimitations.
+In wich its recommendation its focused in this cute PDF from redhat website:
+
+http://www.redhat.com/promo/summit/2008/downloads/pdf/Wednesday_130pm_Tom_Callaway_OSS.pdf
+
+Im not refering that now we should use only %{...}, that usage can be
+handled from the user prespective (for example in my specs locally i
+generally dont use delimitations), some like others dont.
+
+As we also see in rpm macros document
+http://www.rpm.org/wiki/PackagerDocs/Macros that we can use both, but in all
+rpm docs and config files the common usage its with delimitations.
+
+regards,
+-- 
+Zé
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