Description of problem: The 'vala' package contains the libvala runtime library along with the stuff formerly contained in vala-tools (which are tools for developing applications in Vala). This makes any and all packages of programs written in Vala install development stuff that is unlikely to be used (like gobject-introspection-devel and its dependencies). Please split out the libvala library into a subpackage (either libvala or vala-libs works). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 0.36.5-1.fc26 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. "sudo dnf install scratch-text-editor" Actual results: scratch-text-editor pulls in vala, which installs gobject-introspection-devel, glib2-devel, glibc-devel, glibc-headers, kernel-headers, gcc, pcre-devel, lots of python stuff,... Expected results: scratch-text-editor pulls in libvala, which only installs what libvala needs. Additional info: This issue exists in Fedora 25, Fedora 26, Fedora 27, and Rawhide.
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This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 29 development cycle. Changing version to '29'.
I'll take a look at this. If you find issues with GNOME packaging in the future and get no traction, can you add me to CC, please? I wasn't aware of this bug at all. Thanks!
Should be fixed in https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/vala/c/d1bd59dca75e75a3d92c91bce59ebf5527c1f16f?branch=master