Bug 2487581 - Review Request: rust-mdbook-core - Base support library for mdbook, intended for internal use only
Summary: Review Request: rust-mdbook-core - Base support library for mdbook, intended ...
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: Package Review
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ben Beasley
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL: https://crates.io/crates/mdbook-core
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2026-06-10 15:08 UTC by Fabio Valentini
Modified: 2026-06-20 19:41 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: rust-mdbook-core-0.5.3-1.fc45
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2026-06-20 11:29:16 UTC
Type: ---
Embargoed:
code: fedora-review+


Attachments (Terms of Use)

Description Fabio Valentini 2026-06-10 15:08:27 UTC
Spec URL: https://decathorpe.fedorapeople.org/rust-mdbook-core.spec
SRPM URL: https://decathorpe.fedorapeople.org/rust-mdbook-core-0.5.3-1.fc44.src.rpm
Upstream URL: https://crates.io/crates/mdbook-core

Description:
The base support library for mdbook, intended for internal use only.

Fedora Account System Username: decathorpe

Comment 1 Fabio Valentini 2026-06-10 15:08:30 UTC
This package built on koji:  https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=146480791

Comment 2 Ben Beasley 2026-06-13 07:14:03 UTC
The package is APPROVED, but please add a link to https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/pull/3135 for the missing license file when you import it.

Package Review
==============

Legend:
[x] = Pass, [!] = Fail, [-] = Not applicable, [?] = Not evaluated


The spec file is generated by rust2rpm, simplifying the review. A missing
license file is correctly patched in, but an upstream status link is not
present.

Issues:
=======
- Package does not contain duplicates in %files.
  Note: warning: File listed twice: /usr/share/cargo/registry/mdbook-
  core-0.5.3/LICENSE
  See: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-
  guidelines/#_duplicate_files

  OK: not a serious problem; due to reasonable rust2rpm design decisions.

- There is no upstream status link for patching in the LICENSE file. I couldn’t
  find an existing issue or PR, so I submitted
  https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/pull/3135; please add a link to that PR.


===== MUST items =====

Generic:
[x]: Package is licensed with an open-source compatible license and meets
     other legal requirements as defined in the legal section of Packaging
     Guidelines.
[x]: License field in the package spec file matches the actual license.
     Note: Checking patched sources after %prep for licenses. Licenses
     found: "Unknown or generated". 13 files have unknown license. Detailed
     output of licensecheck in /home/ben/fedora/review/2487581-rust-mdbook-
     core/licensecheck.txt
[x]: License file installed when any subpackage combination is installed.
[x]: %build honors applicable compiler flags or justifies otherwise.
[x]: Package contains no bundled libraries or specifies bundled libraries
     with Provides: bundled(<libname>) if unbundling is not possible.
[x]: Changelog in prescribed format.
[x]: Sources contain only permissible code or content.
[-]: Package contains desktop file if it is a GUI application.
[x]: Development files must be in a -devel package
[x]: Package uses nothing in %doc for runtime.
[x]: Package consistently uses macros (instead of hard-coded directory
     names).
[x]: Package is named according to the Package Naming Guidelines.
[x]: Package does not generate any conflict.
[x]: Package obeys FHS, except libexecdir and /usr/target.
[-]: If the package is a rename of another package, proper Obsoletes and
     Provides are present.
[x]: Requires correct, justified where necessary.
[x]: Spec file is legible and written in American English.
[-]: Package contains systemd file(s) if in need.
[x]: Package is not known to require an ExcludeArch tag.
[x]: Package complies to the Packaging Guidelines
[x]: Package successfully compiles and builds into binary rpms on at least
     one supported primary architecture.
[x]: Package installs properly.
[x]: Rpmlint is run on all rpms the build produces.
     Note: No rpmlint messages.
[x]: If (and only if) the source package includes the text of the
     license(s) in its own file, then that file, containing the text of the
     license(s) for the package is included in %license.
[x]: The License field must be a valid SPDX expression.
[x]: Package requires other packages for directories it uses.
[x]: Package must own all directories that it creates.
[x]: Package does not own files or directories owned by other packages.
[x]: Package uses either %{buildroot} or $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
[x]: Package does not run rm -rf %{buildroot} (or $RPM_BUILD_ROOT) at the
     beginning of %install.
[x]: Macros in Summary, %description expandable at SRPM build time.
[x]: Dist tag is present.
[x]: Permissions on files are set properly.
[x]: Package must not depend on deprecated() packages.
[x]: Package use %makeinstall only when make install DESTDIR=... doesn't
     work.
[x]: Package is named using only allowed ASCII characters.
[x]: Package does not use a name that already exists.
[x]: Package is not relocatable.
[x]: Sources used to build the package match the upstream source, as
     provided in the spec URL.
[x]: Spec file name must match the spec package %{name}, in the format
     %{name}.spec.
[x]: File names are valid UTF-8.
[x]: Large documentation must go in a -doc subpackage. Large could be size
     (~1MB) or number of files.
     Note: Documentation size is 0 bytes in 0 files.
[x]: Packages must not store files under /srv, /opt or /usr/local

===== SHOULD items =====

Generic:
[!]: If the source package does not include license text(s) as a separate
     file from upstream, the packager SHOULD query upstream to include it.

     I opened https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/pull/3135; please link it in
     a spec-file comment.

[x]: Final provides and requires are sane (see attachments).
[-]: Fully versioned dependency in subpackages if applicable.
     Note: No Requires: %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release} in rust-
     mdbook-core-devel , rust-mdbook-core+default-devel
[x]: Package functions as described.

     (tests pass)

[x]: Latest version is packaged.
[-]: Package does not include license text files separate from upstream.

     A missing license file is correctly patched in, but an upstream status
     link is not present. Please link
     https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/pull/3135.

[-]: Sources are verified with gpgverify first in %prep if upstream
     publishes signatures.
     Note: gpgverify is not used.
[x]: Package should compile and build into binary rpms on all supported
     architectures.
[x]: %check is present and all tests pass.
[x]: Packages should try to preserve timestamps of original installed
     files.
[x]: Reviewer should test that the package builds in mock.
[x]: Buildroot is not present
[x]: Package has no %clean section with rm -rf %{buildroot} (or
     $RPM_BUILD_ROOT)
[x]: No file requires outside of /etc, /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin, /usr/sbin.
[x]: Packager, Vendor, PreReq, Copyright tags should not be in spec file
[x]: Sources can be downloaded from URI in Source: tag
[x]: SourceX is a working URL.
[x]: Spec use %global instead of %define unless justified.

===== EXTRA items =====

Generic:
[x]: Rpmlint is run on all installed packages.
     Note: No rpmlint messages.
[x]: Spec file according to URL is the same as in SRPM.


Rpmlint
-------
Checking: rust-mdbook-core-devel-0.5.3-1.fc45.noarch.rpm
          rust-mdbook-core+default-devel-0.5.3-1.fc45.noarch.rpm
          rust-mdbook-core-0.5.3-1.fc45.src.rpm
============================ rpmlint session starts ============================
rpmlint: 2.8.0
configuration:
    /usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/rpmlint/configdefaults.toml
    /etc/xdg/rpmlint/fedora-spdx-licenses.toml
    /etc/xdg/rpmlint/fedora.toml
    /etc/xdg/rpmlint/scoring.toml
    /etc/xdg/rpmlint/users-groups.toml
    /etc/xdg/rpmlint/warn-on-functions.toml
rpmlintrc: [PosixPath('/tmp/tmp3wskwmyb')]
checks: 32, packages: 3

 3 packages and 0 specfiles checked; 0 errors, 0 warnings, 13 filtered, 0 badness; has taken 0.3 s 




Rpmlint (installed packages)
----------------------------
============================ rpmlint session starts ============================
rpmlint: 2.9.0
configuration:
    /usr/lib/python3.15/site-packages/rpmlint/configdefaults.toml
    /etc/xdg/rpmlint/fedora-spdx-licenses.toml
    /etc/xdg/rpmlint/fedora.toml
    /etc/xdg/rpmlint/scoring.toml
    /etc/xdg/rpmlint/users-groups.toml
    /etc/xdg/rpmlint/warn-on-functions.toml
checks: 32, packages: 2

 2 packages and 0 specfiles checked; 0 errors, 0 warnings, 9 filtered, 0 badness; has taken 0.0 s 



Source checksums
----------------
https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/mdbook-core/0.5.3/download#/mdbook-core-0.5.3.crate :
  CHECKSUM(SHA256) this package     : 6fc1c4da7fd9e2e412f3891428f9468fab890ed159723ed0892bb85a049ac1c1
  CHECKSUM(SHA256) upstream package : 6fc1c4da7fd9e2e412f3891428f9468fab890ed159723ed0892bb85a049ac1c1
https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/raw/refs/tags/v0.5.3/LICENSE :
  CHECKSUM(SHA256) this package     : af175b9d96ee93c21a036152e1b905b0b95304d4ae8c2c921c7609100ba8df7e
  CHECKSUM(SHA256) upstream package : af175b9d96ee93c21a036152e1b905b0b95304d4ae8c2c921c7609100ba8df7e


Requires
--------
rust-mdbook-core-devel (rpmlib, GLIBC filtered):
    (crate(anyhow/default) >= 1.0.102 with crate(anyhow/default) < 2.0.0~)
    (crate(regex/default) >= 1.12.3 with crate(regex/default) < 2.0.0~)
    (crate(serde/default) >= 1.0.228 with crate(serde/default) < 2.0.0~)
    (crate(serde/derive) >= 1.0.228 with crate(serde/derive) < 2.0.0~)
    (crate(serde_json/default) >= 1.0.149 with crate(serde_json/default) < 2.0.0~)
    (crate(toml/default) >= 1.1.2 with crate(toml/default) < 2.0.0~)
    (crate(tracing/default) >= 0.1.44 with crate(tracing/default) < 0.2.0~)
    cargo
    rust

rust-mdbook-core+default-devel (rpmlib, GLIBC filtered):
    cargo
    crate(mdbook-core)



Provides
--------
rust-mdbook-core-devel:
    crate(mdbook-core)
    rust-mdbook-core-devel

rust-mdbook-core+default-devel:
    crate(mdbook-core/default)
    rust-mdbook-core+default-devel



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Comment 3 Fabio Valentini 2026-06-20 11:05:33 UTC
Thank you for the review!

I continue to be unsure whether the MPL-2.0 license actually technically *requires* including the license text in distributed sources, but actually having it in the published crates certainly makes things easier downstream. Thanks for filing the PR!

Comment 4 Fedora Admin user for bugzilla script actions 2026-06-20 11:06:15 UTC
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Comment 5 Fabio Valentini 2026-06-20 11:29:16 UTC
Imported and built:
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-36288895d2

Comment 6 Ben Beasley 2026-06-20 19:41:36 UTC
(In reply to Fabio Valentini from comment #3)
> Thank you for the review!
> 
> I continue to be unsure whether the MPL-2.0 license actually technically
> *requires* including the license text in distributed sources, but actually
> having it in the published crates certainly makes things easier downstream.
> Thanks for filing the PR!

I think it doesn’t. From section 3.1, Distribution of Source Form:

> You must inform recipients that the Source Code Form of the Covered Software is governed by the terms of this License, and how they can obtain a copy of this License.

and from section 3.2, Distribution of Executable Form:

> You must inform recipients of the Executable Form how they can obtain a copy of such Source Code Form by reasonable means in a timely manner, at a charge no more than the cost of distribution to the recipient

Pretty similar to the GPL, as I understand it. That’s why I didn’t claim in the upstream PR that this was required. Still, as you said, it’s easier and better both upstream and downstream to just ship the license text.


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