[Fedora-packaging] Re: Proposal to limit file deps

[Axel Thimm]

On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 02:43:31PM +0100, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> On 21.12.2006 14:24, Axel Thimm wrote:
> >On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 02:10:18PM +0100, Axel Thimm wrote:
> >>On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 08:55:25PM -0800, Toshio Kuratomi wrote:
> >>>Hey all, I've just added a draft proposal for limiting file dependencies
> >>>in packages.  It's a "should" recommendation at this point.
> >>>
> >>>http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingDrafts/FileDeps
> >>>
> >>>= File Deps Guideline =
> >>>
> >>>== Problem ==
> >>How often does this problem really occur? I just checked core's x86_64
> >>packages and there are exactly 12 files in such dependencies
> >>affecting 18 packages out of 2422 (that's 0.7%):

> >And the same metrics for extras: 26 files required by 27 packages out
> >of 3660 packages:

> >That's again 0.7%, so the combined Fedora is at 0.7%, too.
> 
> Well, my initial calculations found 32 file based deps outside of "/etc 
> {/usr,}/{s,}bin/" in Extras 6 x64 ;-) Just to note, I mentioned that 
> when I started the whole mess after skvidal poked me about it. See 
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-packaging/2006-December/msg00077.html

But then it was known that this is negligible, why does it escalate
to become even a proposal for guidelines? Do we care that yum fetches
the filelists every 140 package updates?
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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