Bug 463293

Summary: Review Request: generic-release - Generic release files
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa>
Component: Package ReviewAssignee: Nobody's working on this, feel free to take it <nobody>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Tom "spot" Callaway 2008-09-22 20:36:03 UTC
Spec URL: http://www.auroralinux.org/people/spot/review/new/generic-release.spec
SRPM URL: http://www.auroralinux.org/people/spot/review/new/generic-release-9.91-1.src.rpm
Description: 

Generic release files such as yum configs and various /etc/ files that
define the release. This package explicitly is a replacement for the
fedora-release package, if you are unable for any reason to abide by the
trademark restrictions on the fedora-release package.

It also generates a generic-release-notes subpackage.

Comment 1 Jeroen van Meeuwen 2008-09-22 21:23:43 UTC
Several warnings but nothing different from fedora-release (which I suppose we can consider upstream from this package).

I do suggest using an URL though (which is the only extra warning), and maybe using https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal/TrademarkGuidelines is appropriate?

However, since this is basically a clone of the fedora-release package, and 9/10 warnings are for good reason, and the 10th warning is understandable, I approve this package

Comment 2 Tom "spot" Callaway 2008-09-22 21:40:49 UTC
New Package CVS Request
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Package Name: generic-release
Short Description: Generic release files
Owners: spot
Branches: devel
InitialCC:

... and it's done.

Comment 3 Patrice Dumas 2008-09-22 21:43:12 UTC
This package conflicts with fedora-release, so I think it should 
explicitly do so, with a comment.

Also I think that it would be better if there was no references to 
fedora-release in the %description, but that instead it referred to
something like 'the trademarked release package', for reuse in other
contexts. The %description would become along:


Generic release files such as yum configs and various /etc/ files that
define the release. This package explicitly is a replacement for the 
trademarked release package, if you are unable for any reason to abide 
by the trademark restrictions on the trademarked release package.

Comment 4 Tom "spot" Callaway 2008-09-22 21:49:28 UTC
It is "fair use" to refer to the fedora-release package in the description, but I see what you're saying.

The conflicts is a valid point, I will go add that.

Comment 5 Tom "spot" Callaway 2008-09-22 21:56:40 UTC
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