Bug 467329 (mingw32-termcap) - Review Request: mingw32-termcap - MinGW terminal feature database
Summary: Review Request: mingw32-termcap - MinGW terminal feature database
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: mingw32-termcap
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: Package Review
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Peter Robinson
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On: 454410
Blocks: mingw32-gettext mingw32-readline
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-10-16 20:52 UTC by Richard W.M. Jones
Modified: 2008-12-21 11:32 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2008-12-21 11:32:07 UTC
Type: ---
Embargoed:
pbrobinson: fedora-review+
kevin: fedora-cvs+


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Description Richard W.M. Jones 2008-10-16 20:52:17 UTC
Spec URL: http://hg.et.redhat.com/misc/fedora-mingw--devel/?cmd=manifest;manifest=5a13b9537a4127d600157e3cb12504542bd13651;path=/termcap/
SRPM URL: http://www.annexia.org/tmp/mingw/fedora-9/src/SRPMS/mingw32-termcap-1.3.1-1.fc9.src.rpm
Description:
This is the GNU termcap library -- a library of C functions that
enable programs to send control strings to terminals in a way
independent of the terminal type.  The GNU termcap library does not
place an arbitrary limit on the size of termcap entries, unlike most
other termcap libraries.

This package contains libraries and development tools for the MinGW
cross-compiled version.

Comment 1 Richard W.M. Jones 2008-10-16 20:54:35 UTC
Note that there is no native version of this package
(it was dropped in Fedora 9 era).  However we need it
because there is no termcap in the Win32 API.

Also note the license really is GPL.

Comment 3 Bruno Haible 2008-11-02 11:05:38 UTC
All free Unices abandoned termcap in favour of ncurses between 1992 and 1995.
Reason: tgetent() is inherently unsafe to use, it is designed to produce
buffer overflows, because the caller of this function and the implementation
of this function simply don't communicate about the size of the buffer.

It'd best to ditch this package, and use ncurses instead.

Comment 4 Richard W.M. Jones 2008-11-02 11:54:15 UTC
Ncurses doesn't compile on Windows, although if you
do manage to patch it and get a working ncurses, please
post it because that would be a very important advance
for us.

Comment 6 Peter Robinson 2008-12-19 09:52:13 UTC
The same issue with the license

+ rpmlint output

rpmlint -i mingw32-termcap-1.3.1-4.fc10.src.rpm 
1 packages and 0 specfiles checked; 0 errors, 0 warnings.

+ package name satisfies the packaging naming guidelines
+ specfile name matches the package base name
+ package should satisfy packaging guidelines
+ license meets guidelines and is acceptable to Fedora
+ license matches the actual package license

- %doc includes license file
  license file not included in rpm
+ spec file written in American English
+ spec file is legible
+ upstream sources match sources in the srpm
  ffe6f86e63a3a29fa53ac645faaabdfa  termcap-1.3.1.tar.gz
+ package successfully builds on at least one architecture
  tested using koji scratch build
+ BuildRequires list all build dependencies
n/a %find_lang instead of %{_datadir}/locale/*
n/a binary RPM with shared library files must call ldconfig in %post and %postun+ does not use Prefix: /usr
n/a package owns all directories it creates
n/a no duplicate files in %files
+ %defattr line
+ %clean contains rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+ consistent use of macros
+ package must contain code or permissible content
n/a large documentation files should go in -doc subpackage
+ files marked %doc should not affect package
n/a header files should be in -devel
n/a static libraries should be in -static
n/a packages containing pkgconfig (.pc) files need 'Requires: pkgconfig'
n/a libfoo.so must go in -devel
n/a devel must require the fully versioned base
+ packages should not contain libtool .la files
n/a packages containing GUI apps must include %{name}.desktop file
+ packages must not own files or directories owned by other packages
+ %install must start with rm -rf %{buildroot} etc.
+ filenames must be valid UTF-8

Optional:

+ if there is no license file, packager should query upstream
n/a translations of description and summary for non-English languages, if
available
+ reviewer should build the package in mock/koji
n/a the package should build into binary RPMs on all supported architectures
n/a review should test the package functions as described
+ scriptlets should be sane
n/a pkgconfig files should go in -devel
+ shouldn't have file dependencies outside /etc /bin /sbin /usr/bin or
/usr/sbin

Comment 7 Richard W.M. Jones 2008-12-19 10:27:08 UTC
Spec URL: http://hg.et.redhat.com/cgi-bin/hg-misc.cgi/fedora-mingw--devel/file/tip/termcap/mingw32-termcap.spec
SRPM URL: http://www.annexia.org/tmp/mingw/fedora-10/src/SRPMS/mingw32-termcap-1.3.1-5.fc10.src.rpm

* Fri Dec 19 2008 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones> - 1.3.1-5
- Added license file to doc section.

Comment 8 Peter Robinson 2008-12-19 10:38:18 UTC
APPROVED!

Comment 9 Richard W.M. Jones 2008-12-19 10:48:04 UTC
New Package CVS Request
=======================
Package Name: mingw32-termcap
Short Description: MinGW terminal feature database
Owners: rjones berrange lfarkas
Branches: EL-5 F-10
InitialCC:

Comment 10 Kevin Fenzi 2008-12-21 04:26:07 UTC
cvs done.

Comment 11 Richard W.M. Jones 2008-12-21 11:32:07 UTC
Thanks Peter and Kevin.

Imported and built.


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