[publican-list] Publican SRPMs in Fedora

[Manuel Ospina]

Jeffrey Fearn wrote:
> Eric Christensen wrote:
>> Just wanted to point out that the current Publican build, 1.x, is 
>> creating SRPMs and spec files that are inline with the Fedora's 
>> packaging policy (using the --short_sighted mode).  I submitted[1] a 
>> package for the Fedora Accessibility Guide for review and it passed 
>> without batting an eye.  This should be helpful for other guides as 
>> well.
>>
>> I'm still pondering the best way to handle the different languages, 
>> though.
>
> I will remind everyone that the reason we do the languages separately 
> is that it proved impossible to keep a sane translation work flow with 
> a single SRPM. This isn't a guess, we expended significant energy 
> trying to make it work pre-RHEL5 and it proved unworkable for 
> non-trivial content.
>
> Unless someone has a cogent approach to solving this then you are 
> better off sucking it up and using separate SRPMs.
>
> If someone does have a cogent approach I am more than willing to help 
> implement it.
>
> If you are a translator and care about the effects of this kind of 
> approach then now is the time to speak up. I mean really, if you don't 
> care enough to speak about it then maybe I am misremembering how bad 
> it was.
>
> Cheers, Jeff.
>
Totally agree. Using separate SRPMs is important to keep a 
maintainable/scalable localization work-flow.

Cheers

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Manuel Ospina
Supervisor, Localization Services
Red Hat Asia-Pacific
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