Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-kde (101 mails)

[Tejas Guruswamy <masterpatricko@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 01/05/10 23:07, Johannes Obermayr wrote:
> I tried several times submit requests for my gluon package to 
> KDE:KDE4:Playground. It was every time declined because of some (really) 
> harmless errors (it works and that is the main goal!).
>   
Sorry, but if the errors were harmless, they wouldn't be there. While
I'm sure it is frustrating to be "rejected", don't take it personally,
and feel free to ask for help.
> Last #39260:
>
> "Reviewed - please fix : gluon-creator.x86_64: W: shlib-policy-missing-suffix 
> libgluon.x86_64: W: shlib-policy-missing-suffix Your package containing 
> shared libraries does not end in a digit and should probably be split.  
> libgluon.x86_64: W: shlib-policy-nonversioned-dir /usr/lib64/gluon Your 
> shared library package contains non-versioned directories. Those will not 
> allow to install multiple versions of the package in parallel."
>   
Whether gluon needs to follow the shlib-policy needs some thinking. If
it contains a library that might be used by other programs, then it
absolutely must and the above warnings (especially for libgluon) needs
to be fixed. If no external program will ever use it, you might get away
with ignoring this. I don't know enough about gluon to decide this. If
you haven't already, read
http://en.opensuse.org/Shared_Library_Packaging_Policy
> When comparing with kdebase4 [K:K:U:D] I am asking me what is worse-rated.
>
> When comparing with kdegames4 [K:K:U:D] I see something criticized in #38639 
> (structure of spec file).
>   
You are comparing to the wrong place. K:K:U:D is created by an automated
script, noone puts significant effort there, so the spec files are
sometimes not the best examples.
Compare instead to openSUSE:Factory. These are in general the style that
SUSE expect the spec files to adhere to for future maintainability.
But anyway you are also comparing to the wrong packages, the main KDE SC
packages are absolute monsters to package with tens of subpackages and
so certain exceptions to the rules are made. For small packages like
yours follow the guidance you were given to structure the spec file.
> Please note:
> I am not a developer. I am study as a civil servant in Germany and my exams 
> are in Sep. So I have to learn something about law, order and federal 
> administration but not programming ...
>   
Most of us are not developers, most of us have day jobs. But the nice
thing about open source is that everyone can contribute and your
contributions will be judged on their own merits so don't be
disheartened, just use this as a learning experience.
> Thanks for telling me your opinions or patches for fixing it ...
> Johannes
>   
I'd have a look at your spec file but the OBS is currently timing out
for me ... I'll let you know anything I can contribute after I see the
source.

Regards,
Tejas
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