Bug 2513914 - Review Request: python-geometric - Geometry optimization for quantum chemistry
Summary: Review Request: python-geometric - Geometry optimization for quantum chemistry
Keywords:
Status: ASSIGNED
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: Package Review
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Benson Muite
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL: https://github.com/leeping/geomeTRIC
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2026-08-11 11:50 UTC by Susi Lehtola
Modified: 2026-08-13 08:34 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed:
Type: ---
Embargoed:
benson_muite: fedora-review?


Attachments (Terms of Use)
The .spec file difference from Copr build 10846187 to 10858656 (2.38 KB, patch)
2026-08-13 08:33 UTC, Fedora Review Service
no flags Details | Diff

Description Susi Lehtola 2026-08-11 11:50:27 UTC
Spec URL: https://jussilehtola.fedorapeople.org/python-geometric.spec
SRPM URL: https://jussilehtola.fedorapeople.org/python-geometric-1.1.1-1.fc44.src.rpm
Fedora Account System Username: jussilehtola

Description:
GeomeTRIC is a geometry optimization code for molecular structures. The code works by calling external software for the energy and gradient through wrapper functions.

Comment 1 Susi Lehtola 2026-08-11 11:51:28 UTC
This might interest @fedora

Comment 2 Fedora Review Service 2026-08-11 11:52:59 UTC
Copr build:
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/build/10846187
(failed)

Build log:
https://download.copr.fedorainfracloud.org/results/@fedora-review/fedora-review-2513914-python-geometric/fedora-rawhide-x86_64/10846187-python-geometric/builder-live.log.gz

Please make sure the package builds successfully at least for Fedora Rawhide.

- If the build failed for unrelated reasons (e.g. temporary network
  unavailability), please ignore it.
- If the build failed because of missing BuildRequires, please make sure they
  are listed in the "Depends On" field


---
This comment was created by the fedora-review-service
https://github.com/FrostyX/fedora-review-service

If you want to trigger a new Copr build, add a comment containing new
Spec and SRPM URLs or [fedora-review-service-build] string.

Comment 3 Benson Muite 2026-08-11 18:53:28 UTC
Initial comments:

a) Please change:

BuildRequires:  python3-devel
BuildRequires:  python3dist(networkx)
BuildRequires:  python3dist(numpy) >= 1.11
BuildRequires:  python3dist(scipy)
BuildRequires:  python3dist(setuptools)
BuildRequires:  python3dist(si

to

BuildRequires:  python3-devel
BuildRequires:  python3dist(pytest)


Other requirements will be automatically generated.

b) Please remove:
Requires:       python3dist(networkx)
Requires:       python3dist(numpy) >= 1.11
Requires:       python3dist(scipy)
Requires:       python3dist(setuptools)
Requires:       python3dist(six)

these will be automatically generated

c) Please change:
%pyproject_save_files geometric

to

%pyproject_save_files -L geometric

so get an error if license  is included automatically

d) Consider packaging docs and examples as a separate subpackage

Comment 4 Cristian Le 2026-08-12 04:05:59 UTC
Apart from those:
- the egginfo rm is a no-op, please droo
- using `%autosetup` is preferred these days
- why not use `%py3_shebang_fix` or at least open an upstream issue to remove them?
- consider dropping the versioneer. It is weirdly licensed for us. At least raise an issue for them to migrate to something like setuptools-scm

Comment 5 Susi Lehtola 2026-08-12 09:00:30 UTC
The packaging guidelines https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/ still state
> As an alternative to the usual %setup macro, the %autosetup can be used. 

I've made all other fixes.

Spec URL: https://jussilehtola.fedorapeople.org/python-geometric.spec
SRPM URL: https://jussilehtola.fedorapeople.org/python-geometric-1.1.1-2.fc44.src.rpm

Comment 6 Benson Muite 2026-08-12 18:26:15 UTC
Package Review
==============

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



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

Generic:
[!]: Package is licensed with an open-source compatible license and meets
     other legal requirements as defined in the legal section of Packaging
     Guidelines.
[!]: License field in the package spec file matches the actual license.
     Note: Checking patched sources after %prep for licenses. Licenses
     found: "Unknown or generated", "BSD 3-Clause License", "*No copyright*
     Public domain". 867 files have unknown license. Detailed output of
     licensecheck in /home/fedora-packaging/reviews/python-geomtric/2513914-
     python-geometric/licensecheck.txt
[x]: Package must own all directories that it creates.
     Note: Directories without known owners: /usr/lib/python3.15/site-
     packages, /usr/lib/python3.15
[x]: Package contains no bundled libraries or specifies bundled libraries
     with Provides: bundled(<libname>) if unbundling is not possible.
[x]: Changelog in prescribed format.
[!]: Sources contain only permissible code or content.
[-]: Package contains desktop file if it is a GUI application.
[-]: 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.
[ ]: 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: There are rpmlint messages (see attachment).
[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 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]: Package does not contain duplicates in %files.
[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 3613 bytes in 1 files.
[x]: Packages must not store files under /srv, /opt or /usr/local

Python:
[-]: Python eggs must not download any dependencies during the build
     process.
[-]: A package which is used by another package via an egg interface should
     provide egg info.
[ ]: Package meets the Packaging Guidelines::Python
[x]: Package contains BR: python2-devel or python3-devel
[x]: Packages MUST NOT have dependencies (either build-time or runtime) on
     packages named with the unversioned python- prefix unless no properly
     versioned package exists. Dependencies on Python packages instead MUST
     use names beginning with python2- or python3- as appropriate.
[x]: Python packages must not contain %{pythonX_site(lib|arch)}/* in %files
[x]: Binary eggs must be removed in %prep

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

Generic:
[!]: Uses parallel make %{?_smp_mflags} macro.
[x]: If the source package does not include license text(s) as a separate
     file from upstream, the packager SHOULD query upstream to include it.
[x]: Final provides and requires are sane (see attachments).
[ ]: Package functions as described.
[x]: Latest version is packaged.
[x]: Package does not include license text files separate from upstream.
[ ]: Patches link to upstream bugs/comments/lists or are otherwise
     justified.
[-]: 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: There are rpmlint messages (see attachment).
[x]: Spec file according to URL is the same as in SRPM.


Rpmlint
-------
Checking: python3-geometric-1.1.1-2.fc45.noarch.rpm
          python-geometric-1.1.1-2.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/tmptpix21ft')]
checks: 32, packages: 2

python3-geometric.noarch: E: non-executable-script /usr/lib/python3.15/site-packages/geometric/tests/test_customengine.py 644 /usr/bin/python3 -sP
python3-geometric.noarch: W: no-manual-page-for-binary geometric-neb
python3-geometric.noarch: W: no-manual-page-for-binary geometric-optimize
python3-geometric.noarch: W: no-manual-page-for-binary run-ase
python-geometric.src: E: description-line-too-long GeomeTRIC is a geometry optimization code for molecular structures. The code works by calling external software for the energy and gradient through wrapper functions.
python3-geometric.noarch: E: description-line-too-long GeomeTRIC is a geometry optimization code for molecular structures. The code works by calling external software for the energy and gradient through wrapper functions.
 2 packages and 0 specfiles checked; 3 errors, 3 warnings, 8 filtered, 3 badness; has taken 2.7 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: 1

python3-geometric.noarch: E: non-executable-script /usr/lib/python3.15/site-packages/geometric/tests/test_customengine.py 644 /usr/bin/python3 -sP
python3-geometric.noarch: W: no-manual-page-for-binary geometric-neb
python3-geometric.noarch: W: no-manual-page-for-binary geometric-optimize
python3-geometric.noarch: W: no-manual-page-for-binary run-ase
python3-geometric.noarch: E: description-line-too-long GeomeTRIC is a geometry optimization code for molecular structures. The code works by calling external software for the energy and gradient through wrapper functions.
 1 packages and 0 specfiles checked; 2 errors, 3 warnings, 4 filtered, 2 badness; has taken 0.2 s 



Source checksums
----------------
https://github.com/leeping/geomeTRIC/archive/1.1.1/python-geometric-1.1.1.tar.gz :
  CHECKSUM(SHA256) this package     : 3c9c48b39dbd66f6ee71edb63ae8f6bc53b57a3c487ad78bfcd06ab210052612
  CHECKSUM(SHA256) upstream package : 3c9c48b39dbd66f6ee71edb63ae8f6bc53b57a3c487ad78bfcd06ab210052612


Requires
--------
python3-geometric (rpmlib, GLIBC filtered):
    /usr/bin/python3
    python(abi)
    python3.15dist(networkx)
    python3.15dist(numpy)
    python3.15dist(scipy)
    python3.15dist(six)



Provides
--------
python3-geometric:
    python-geometric
    python3-geometric
    python3.15-geometric
    python3.15dist(geometric)
    python3dist(geometric)



Generated by fedora-review 0.11.0 (05c5b26) last change: 2025-11-29
Command line :/usr/bin/fedora-review -b 2513914
Buildroot used: fedora-rawhide-x86_64
Active plugins: Shell-api, Generic, Python
Disabled plugins: Haskell, Perl, Ocaml, R, C/C++, fonts, PHP, Java, SugarActivity
Disabled flags: EXARCH, EPEL6, EPEL7, DISTTAG, BATCH

Comments:
a) Mostly seems ok except for the CC0 code, you can also check if upstream would consider having that under MIT-0 or 0BSD.
License-Ref-Public-Domain is also acceptable for code.
b) Please put the description on two lines.
c) Any reason the patch is not upstreamed?
d) There are multiple build warnings of the form:

         ********************************************************************************
          ############################
          # Package would be ignored #
          ############################
          Python recognizes 'geometric.data.ethane_qmmm_terachem_openmm' as an importable package[^1],
          but it is absent from setuptools' `packages` configuration.
          This leads to an ambiguous overall configuration. If you want to distribute this
          package, please make sure that 'geometric.data.ethane_qmmm_terachem_openmm' is explicitly added
          to the `packages` configuration field.
          Alternatively, you can also rely on setuptools' discovery methods
          (for example by using `find_namespace_packages(...)`/`find_namespace:`
          instead of `find_packages(...)`/`find:`).
          You can read more about "package discovery" on setuptools documentation page:
          - https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/userguide/package_discovery.html
          If you don't want 'geometric.data.ethane_qmmm_terachem_openmm' to be distributed and are
          already explicitly excluding 'geometric.data.ethane_qmmm_terachem_openmm' via
          `find_namespace_packages(...)/find_namespace` or `find_packages(...)/find`,
          you can try to use `exclude_package_data`, or `include-package-data=False` in
          combination with a more fine grained `package-data` configuration.
          You can read more about "package data files" on setuptools documentation page:
          - https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/userguide/datafiles.html
          [^1]: For Python, any directory (with suitable naming) can be imported,
                even if it does not contain any `.py` files.
                On the other hand, currently there is no concept of package data
                directory, all directories are treated like packages.
          ********************************************************************************

Comment 7 Cristian Le 2026-08-13 00:45:18 UTC
> The packaging guidelines https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/ still state
> > As an alternative to the usual %setup macro, the %autosetup can be used. 

There is no realistic reason why not to use `%autopatch` (and `%autosetup` being just the combination of them). I have hit numerous times when a PR adds a patch and everyone forgets that it does not have an `%autopatch` and it is silently a no-op just to come back months later confused why it is still a problem. Be kind to the fellow contributors and use the `%autopatch`, or elaborate on why you do not like it.

Comment 8 Susi Lehtola 2026-08-13 07:40:55 UTC
(In reply to Cristian Le from comment #7)
> > The packaging guidelines https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/ still state
> > > As an alternative to the usual %setup macro, the %autosetup can be used. 
> 
> There is no realistic reason why not to use `%autopatch` (and `%autosetup`
> being just the combination of them). I have hit numerous times when a PR
> adds a patch and everyone forgets that it does not have an `%autopatch` and
> it is silently a no-op just to come back months later confused why it is
> still a problem.

rpm issues a warning if there are patches that haven't been applied, this has never been an issue for me working 10+ years in Fedora.

> Be kind to the fellow contributors and use the
> `%autopatch`, or elaborate on why you do not like it.

The reason why I dislike autopatch is that IIRC it is incompatible with fixing build failures. Updates to packages often lead to patches not applying; in the trivial case you just need to apply the patch manually as patch -p1 which is more robust about the development. Otherwise, I go in, adapt and put in the rejected changes, and regenerate the patch. This requires backups of the files with a known suffix.

rpm documentation on autosetup and autopatch simply states
    -b (for creating patch backups) is accepted but currently ignored - this is not meaningful for a full-blown VCS anyway. If you need backups for gendiff use, use gendiff backend.

So, in short, I don't remember having forgotten once to apply a patch in a production build, since rpm warns about it. In contrast, the suggested alternative basically has no documentation, and doesn't appear to implement basic functionality necessary for patch management.

Comment 9 Fedora Review Service 2026-08-13 08:33:58 UTC
Created attachment 2154380 [details]
The .spec file difference from Copr build 10846187 to 10858656

Comment 10 Fedora Review Service 2026-08-13 08:34:01 UTC
Copr build:
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/build/10858656
(succeeded)

Review template:
https://download.copr.fedorainfracloud.org/results/@fedora-review/fedora-review-2513914-python-geometric/fedora-rawhide-x86_64/10858656-python-geometric/fedora-review/review.txt

Please take a look if any issues were found.


---
This comment was created by the fedora-review-service
https://github.com/FrostyX/fedora-review-service

If you want to trigger a new Copr build, add a comment containing new
Spec and SRPM URLs or [fedora-review-service-build] string.


Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.