linux-kernel - Re: usbutils 0.81 release

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Date:	Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:54:39 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
To:	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, USB list <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: usbutils 0.81 release

On Mon, 27 Apr 2009, Kay Sievers wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 22:48, Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu> wrote:
> > On Mon, 27 Apr 2009, Greg KH wrote:
> >
> >> Kay Sievers (11):
> >> Â  Â  Â  rename configure.in -> configure.ac
> >> Â  Â  Â  delete spec file
> >
> > Why delete the spec file? Â Don't you want to keep it for people who
> > would like to build an RPM?
> 
> Spec files are much too distro specific, they all contain custom
> distro variables, reference package names which are not the same
> across distros. They usually don't even agree on the directories the
> stuff is installed into. The usb.ids file as an example, is in a
> different location on every distro i have seen. :)
> 
> There is in most cases no point in keeping outdated spec files or
> debian directories in upstream source packages. The best when updating
> a package, is to start with the one that is in the source rpm of the
> distro one uses.

But what if the distro doesn't ship that package at all?  Then it's 
good to at least have a starting point that you can adapt to your own 
needs.  (Although I don't know of any major distributions that doesn't 
include usbutils...)

This isn't a big deal.  If you and Greg don't want to include a spec 
file then don't.

Alan Stern

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