Frustrated package submitters? (was: Re: Summary from last FESCo meeting)

[Patrice Dumas]

>  - '''MUST''': Source must not use (and preferably not even contain) 
>    a local copy of something that is packaged elsewhere in Fedora 
>    Core or Extras.

In the case of dap-server I guess this wouldn't have helped, as I allready
had tried to get rid of it, upstream was convinced, but using the fedora core
version wasn't implemented allready. I think that that case really deserved
an exception.

>  - '''MUST''': For each binary and noarch RPM generated, reviewers 
>    must verify that the list of provides ("rpm -q --provides ...") 
>    are acceptable for this package.

That would have avoided the issue, I believe. And it is good practice, so 
let's enforce it. It raises the cost of doing a review, but I believe it
is worth it.

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Pat