I've seen packages using Requires(hint): and testing shows that
currently this is handled no differently from a regular Requires:.

I happen to think Requires(hint): is a horrible syntax, because
cognation with Requires(pre, post, preun, etc.): implies that some
%hint scriptlet will be run at some point, but that's neither here nor
there and I suspect that any upstream brain-damage is already a fait
accompli.

However, there's still the question of what to do with Requires(hint):
in Fedora packages. Either we get rid of it or we need to document
what it does and what it might do in the future.

Strawman proposal: ban use of Requires(hint) in Fedora packages.

Comments? Votes from FPC folks?

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On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 06:05:34PM -0500, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
> I've seen packages using Requires(hint): and testing shows that
> currently this is handled no differently from a regular Requires:.

This looks like a bug. Shouldn't a 'hint' not be installed in the defaut
case?

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>>>>> "PD" == Patrice Dumas <pertusus@free.fr> writes:

PD> This looks like a bug. Shouldn't a 'hint' not be installed in the
PD> defaut case?

I think the bug is that the build proceeds at all with Requires(hint)
present. I'm not sure it's handled any differently than
Requires(randomcrap):. In fact, testing shows that it isn't.

The point is that our rpm doesn't seem to recognize Requires(hint)
specifically. It might start doing so in the future; I don't know.
If it does, I expect that the behavior will change because the current
behavior isn't what you would expect if rpm actually recognized the
string in parentheses. Thus I think it's a bad idea for us to have it
anywhere in the distro currently.

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On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 4:05 PM, Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs@math.uh.edu> wrote:
> Strawman proposal: ban use of Requires(hint) in Fedora packages.

Shouldn't this be: ban use of Requires(RandomCrapWhichIsntSupportedYet)
Otherwise, I can just change my Requires(hint) to Requires(opt) or
some other random crap.

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>>>>> "CS" == Christopher Stone <chris.stone@gmail.com> writes:

CS> Shouldn't this be: ban use of
CS> Requires(RandomCrapWhichIsntSupportedYet) Otherwise, I can just
CS> change my Requires(hint) to Requires(opt) or some other random
CS> crap.

It would be disappointing to have to go to this level of lawyering. I
mean, who would actually do that?

Of course, I'd hoped that people wouldn't want to use things like
Requires(hint): until they're actually defined and supported, but that
seems to have been a lost cause.

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