Dear all! With request https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/519119 I propose to enhance and simplify the PHP7 packaging process. I have written the following comment to the request which can be commented there. You can also respond to that E-Mail. Please let me know what you think about it. As there are many PHP7 packages to be prepared and several requests are already waiting we should process quickly. I think we should not simply rename the old packages as most of them are completely outdated versions and packaged very complicated! *** This request improves compatibility to Fedora and simplifies packaging a lot. What is contained in the request? * php7-macros and php5-macros contains new packaging macros which makes packaging more simple, Have a look at the macros.php. I will check that those macros will be included in php5 and php7 packages in the future, but until that's done the macros can must be included in the spec files. Currently "BuildRequires: %{php_name}-macros" is required, but this can be moved to the "%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1320" as soon as PHP7 has been updated in factory Current openSUSE Versions require "BuildRequires: %{php_name}-pear-Archive_Tar" to be included. I have already submitted a fix to factory so new versions will no longer need that I highly vote for removing all those lower-case Provides/Obsoletes; let's just use the original package's name! For the future we should create virtual provides using the upstream names: Provides: php-pear(Auth_SASL) = %{version} Related to this, the old php-macros project can be deleted. Therefor I have created https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/519123 I have attached an working example in: php7-pear-Auth_SASL If you have no objections, I'd accept the changes to server:php:applications and prepare a request for future inclusion of the macros into factory and update the wiki pages. *** -- Johannes Weberhofer Weberhofer GmbH, Austria, Vienna -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+owner@opensuse.org