Bug 225661

Taking for review.

GOOD
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MUST: naming is fine
MUST: spec filename matches %{name}
MUST: free software
MUST: License matches actual license (GPL)
MUST: neither source package nor RPM contain the license file
MUST: source matches upstream (md5sum checked)
MUST: compiled and built as noarch
MUST: no ExcludeArch
MUST: no real build dep, instead of the minimum gang
MUST: no locales
MUST: not a lib, so no ldconfig
MUST: not relocatable
MUST: owns its dirs
MUST: no dup files
MUST: clean section fine
MUST: macro use consistent
MUST: no large docs
MUST: docs don't affect runtime
MUST: no header, libs or devel package
MUST: not GUI
MUST: doesn't own others' dirs

BAD / COULD BE BETTER
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MUST: rpmlint output
  * SRPM:
    W: createrepo no-%build-section

  rpmlint suggests you add an empty %build section anyway.

  * RPM:
    E: createrepo explicit-lib-dependency libxml2-python

  I think this is a false hit.

MUST: US English
  * The description field should have a period at the end.

MUST: spec file legiblity
  * The scriptlet check for RPM_BUILD_ROOT for not being equal to / is
    unnecessary and obsfucating. The value of that variable may as well be
    equal to /lib or /etc and destroy a system. Never run rpmbuild as root!

MUST: file permissions
  *  %defattr should be changed to %defattr(-, root, root, -), i.e., extra
     "-" at the end.

MUST: Packaging Guidelines
  * The dependency on rpm should be changed to ">= 4.1.1", as current rpm
    in Rawhide doesn't have any epoch.

  * Source tag should be change to include full URL:
    http://linux.duke.edu/projects/metadata/generate/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz

  * BuildRoot should be changed to:
    %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)

  * %makeinstall should be replaced with:
    make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install

  * Instead of:
    %dir %{_datadir}/%{name}
    %{_datadir}/%{name}/*

    you can simply do:
    %{_datadir}/%{name}

SHOULD: Upstream should be pinged to add license file (GPL) to package

Other:
   * 'sources' and '.cvsignore' files (in CVS) contain lots of old versions.
      Remove older versions.

From an email by Michael Schwendt regarding the directory and its files:
> Even better:
>
>   %{_datadir}/%{name}/
>
> The extra slash at the end makes it clear that you want to include
> a directory and not an ordinary file.

I've got commit access upstream so will add copying for next release. I've
addresssed the other points.

(In reply to comment #4)
> I've addresssed the other points.
Did you commit the changes?

(In reply to comment #5)
> Did you commit the changes?

Ah, the anonymous CVS is delayed for two hours!

All fine now. The only remaining issues are using the full source URL in the
"Source" line, and including the license file in the package. None of them are
blockers, so I approve the package. But please consider fixing both issues.

Final rpmlint output:
E: createrepo explicit-lib-dependency libxml2-python

which I believe is fine.

Ropening in case the author wishes to do something about the changes suggested
in comment #6. (fedora-review remains approved.)

User pnasrat's account has been closed

Mass reassigning all merge reviews to their component. For more details, see this FESCO ticket:

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How to handle this bug is left to the discretion of the package maintainer.

This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 23 development cycle.
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