From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andreas Ericsson Subject: Re: [PATCH] Rename git-core rpm to just git and rename the meta-pacakge to git-all. Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:08:39 +0100 Message-ID: <47B5FF57.5080204@op5.se> References: <1203100163-17509-1-git-send-email-krh@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Kristian_H=F8gsberg?= X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Feb 15 22:09:35 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JQ7oH-00077h-1f for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:09:29 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759730AbYBOVIv convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:08:51 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757355AbYBOVIv (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:08:51 -0500 Received: from mail.op5.se ([193.201.96.20]:58367 "EHLO mail.op5.se" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932593AbYBOVIt (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:08:49 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.op5.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49BD21F08022; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:08:48 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -2.499 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.499 tagged_above=-10 required=6.6 tests=[BAYES_00=-2.599, RDNS_NONE=0.1] Received: from mail.op5.se ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.op5.se [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id sVIZONvOknpP; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:08:47 +0100 (CET) Received: from clix.int.op5.se (unknown [172.27.78.26]) by mail.op5.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8F441F08007; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:08:45 +0100 (CET) User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071115) In-Reply-To: <1203100163-17509-1-git-send-email-krh@redhat.com> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Kristian H=F8gsberg wrote: > --- >=20 > So here's change to fix my favorite annoyance with the git rpm > packaging: don't pull in tla when I say yum install git! The decisio= n > to make 'git' a metapackage is to say the least unconventional and > continues to surprise people (here's today discussion: > http://marc.info/?t=3D120309228600004&r=3D1&w=3D2). >=20 > I know it's late and most people who use the git rpms are used to ins= talling > git-core by now, but myself and most of my Red Hat co-workers (who sh= ould > know a thing or two about rpm packaging) have been fooled by the 'git= ' > rpm that pulls in everything. There's really no precendence for this= , quite > the opposite: you wouldn't expect yum install gcc to pull in fortran,= right? >=20 > The patch below only affects people who know that 'git' is a metapack= age > and actually use that to pull in everything (but who does?). The pat= ch > renames the 'git-core' rpm to just 'git', but adds a 'Provides: git-c= ore' > there so people who have trained themselves to say yum install git-co= re > wont get burned. >=20 Neat, and very nicely done. However, why not add "git-extras" package a= s meta-package that does what just plain "git" package used to do, and mentioning the git-extras rpm in the %description of git's package? --=20 Andreas Ericsson andreas.ericsson@op5.se OP5 AB www.op5.se Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231