https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/libxml2/pull-request/2 Copy %changelog entry: * Tue Dec 26 2017 Tomasz Kłoczko <kloczek> - 2.9.5-2 - removed Group fields (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Tags_and_Sections) - remove %%defattr from %%files (no longer needed) - do not build and package libxml2 static library as none of the other packages is using static libxml2 librarys (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Packaging_Static_Libraries) - removed 2nd copy of the libxml2 API documentation (doc/html it is the same as in %%{_datadir}/gtk-doc/html/libxml2) and 3rd copy in source xml (devel package is now 30% smaller) - remove not needed %%ifing - man pages do not need %%doc token as those files are by definition %%doc - use %%bcond instead %%global to enable build python3 subpackage - remove BuildRoot, %%clear section and clean build root on beginning %%install as it is no longer needed - remove static zlib-devel, xz-devel and pkgconfig Requires in devel (none of the libxml2 header files is using zlib or xz headers and provide .pc file does not mean that package needs pkgconfig) - remove all <=f25 hacks (f25 is now EOS) - simplifications in %%files - add %%{_libdir}/cmake/libxml2 directory to devel %%files - add use more macros - simplify build the python3 module (to build python3 module is not necessary to rebuild the whole libxml2) - indent spec - add use %%{?_isa} macro in Requires - move man3 man pages to devel
Added another pull request with all prev changes and update to 2.9.7 https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/libxml2/pull-request/3
New pull request with combined all changes and added CVE-2016-9597 patch https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/libxml2/pull-request/4
As this ticket contains CVE fixes can I have ASAP packager reply?
I'm requesting package maintainer to respond. It is more than two weeks since this ticket is open.