[Mageia-dev] Standardising the virtual Provides in -devel packages

[Ahmad Samir]

On 8 July 2011 13:44, EatDirt <dirteat at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 08/07/11 06:37, Ahmad Samir wrote:
>>
>> Hello.
>>
>> I've had a rather vague idea about standardising the virtual provides
>> in the distro, there should be:
>> Provides: %{name}-devel
>> Provides: lib%{name}-devel
>>
>> either both of them in _all_ packages, or one of them in _all_
>> packages, so that we don't have to check urpmq --provides all the
>> time. Personally, I am more inclined on having them both, so as not to
>> break already working specs.
>
>> WDYT?
>
> Hi! YES!!!!!!!
>
> As a Padawan, this was one of my first troubles, to find the correct -devel
> package name. Some packages have even different --provides according to the
> arch :-/
>

[..]

> Both "Provides" are certainly the best, but we may recommend the usage of
> only one of type in Requires: lib%{name}-devel?
>
> Cheers,
> Chris.
>
>

For new specs maybe, but for old ones, that would break compatibility
with other specs that already have BR: %{name}-devel. So since we
can't easily get rid of one or the other, better have both...

-- 
Ahmad Samir