$ rpmlint python-mx-*
python-mx.src: W: strange-permission egenix-mx-base-3.2.0.tar.gz 0444L
python-mx.src: E: invalid-spec-name
python-mx.src:20: W: unversioned-explicit-provides mx
python-mx.src:21: W: unversioned-explicit-obsoletes mx
python-mx.src:32: W: unversioned-explicit-provides mx-devel
python-mx.src:33: W: unversioned-explicit-obsoletes mx-devel
python-mx.src:82: W: macro-in-comment %{_bindir}
python-mx.x86_64: W: self-obsoletion mx obsoletes mx
python-mx.x86_64: W: self-obsoletion mx2 <= 3.2.0-2.fc15 obsoletes mx2 = 3.2.0-2.fc15
python-mx.x86_64: W: private-shared-object-provides /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/Proxy/mxProxy/mxProxy.so mxProxy.so()(64bit)
python-mx.x86_64: W: private-shared-object-provides /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/Queue/mxQueue/mxQueue.so mxQueue.so()(64bit)
python-mx.x86_64: W: private-shared-object-provides /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/TextTools/mxTextTools/mxTextTools.so mxTextTools.so()(64bit)
python-mx.x86_64: W: private-shared-object-provides /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/UID/mxUID/mxUID.so mxUID.so()(64bit)
python-mx.x86_64: W: private-shared-object-provides /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/URL/mxURL/mxURL.so mxURL.so()(64bit)
python-mx.x86_64: W: private-shared-object-provides /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/BeeBase/mxBeeBase/mxBeeBase.so mxBeeBase.so()(64bit)
python-mx.x86_64: W: private-shared-object-provides /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/DateTime/mxDateTime/mxDateTime.so mxDateTime.so()(64bit)
python-mx.x86_64: W: private-shared-object-provides /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/Stack/mxStack/mxStack.so mxStack.so()(64bit)
python-mx.x86_64: W: private-shared-object-provides /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/Tools/mxTools/mxTools.so mxTools.so()(64bit)
python-mx.x86_64: E: non-standard-executable-perm /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/Proxy/mxProxy/mxProxy.so 0775L
python-mx.x86_64: W: python-bytecode-without-source /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/BeeBase/showBeeDict.pyo
python-mx.x86_64: W: python-bytecode-without-source /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/BeeBase/showBeeDict.pyc
python-mx.x86_64: W: python-bytecode-without-source /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/TextTools/mxTextTools/testkj.pyc
python-mx.x86_64: W: python-bytecode-without-source /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/TextTools/mxTextTools/testkj.pyo
python-mx.x86_64: E: non-standard-executable-perm /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/Queue/mxQueue/mxQueue.so 0775L
python-mx.x86_64: E: wrong-script-interpreter /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/BeeBase/mxBeeBase/testernesto.py /usr/local/bin/python
python-mx.x86_64: E: non-executable-script /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/BeeBase/mxBeeBase/testernesto.py 0644L /usr/local/bin/python
python-mx.x86_64: E: non-standard-executable-perm /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/TextTools/mxTextTools/mxTextTools.so 0775L
python-mx.x86_64: E: non-executable-script /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/Misc/Daemon.py 0644L /usr/bin/env
python-mx.x86_64: W: python-bytecode-without-source /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/Stack/stackbench.pyc
python-mx.x86_64: W: python-bytecode-without-source /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/Stack/stackbench.pyo
python-mx.x86_64: W: python-bytecode-without-source /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/DateTime/mxDateTime/test.pyc
python-mx.x86_64: W: python-bytecode-without-source /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/DateTime/mxDateTime/test.pyo
python-mx.x86_64: E: non-standard-executable-perm /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/UID/mxUID/mxUID.so 0775L
python-mx.x86_64: W: python-bytecode-without-source /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/Queue/queuebench.pyc
python-mx.x86_64: W: python-bytecode-without-source /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/Queue/queuebench.pyo
python-mx.x86_64: E: non-standard-executable-perm /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/URL/mxURL/mxURL.so 0775L
python-mx.x86_64: E: non-standard-executable-perm /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/BeeBase/mxBeeBase/mxBeeBase.so 0775L
python-mx.x86_64: E: non-standard-executable-perm /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/DateTime/mxDateTime/mxDateTime.so 0775L
python-mx.x86_64: E: non-standard-executable-perm /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/Stack/mxStack/mxStack.so 0775L
python-mx.x86_64: E: non-standard-executable-perm /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/Tools/mxTools/mxTools.so 0775L
python-mx-devel.x86_64: W: self-obsoletion mx-devel obsoletes mx-devel
python-mx-devel.x86_64: W: no-documentation
4 packages and 0 specfiles checked; 13 errors, 29 warnings.

- The name of the spec should be python-mx.spec.

- Please version the obsoletes and provides:
 Obsoletes: mx < 3.2.0-2
 Provides: mx = %{version}-%{release}
and analogously for devel.

- The requires must be architecture specific, e.g., -devel must have
 Requires: %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines#Requiring_Base_Package

- Fix the self-obsoletion stuff.

- What is the pybasever macro used for?

- The BuildRoot tag (and its value!) is obsolete. If you're not targetting EPEL, you can remove the cleaning from %install, the %clean section altogether, the BuildRoot tag and the %defattr clauses, all of which are defaulted by current RPM.

- Consider replacing %define 's with %global 's.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines#.25global_preferred_over_.25define

- You need to use a filter for the libraries:
 # we don't want to provide private python extension libs
 %{?filter_setup:
 %filter_provides_in %{python_sitearch}/.*\.so$ 
 %filter_setup
 }
as in http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:AutoProvidesAndRequiresFiltering#Arch-specific_extensions_to_scripting_languages

- Installed .so libraries should have 755 permissions.

- Patch1 is missing a description in the spec file. What does it do?

- I suggest adding a tailing / in %files to
 %{python_sitearch}/mx
to make it clear it is a directory (a trailing slash is also used in -devel).

I think pybasever was a leftover from a previous name change. I've removed that and the mx2 provide/obsolete -- nothing in the current repo depends on it.

I've uploaded a new .spec and src.rpm over the top of the previous and you can see a scratch build at: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=3245283

Thanks!

The License: says 'Python' but it should be 'eGenix' I think.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/eGenix.com_Public_License_1.1.0

(In reply to comment #2)
> I've uploaded a new .spec and src.rpm over the top of the previous and you can
> see a scratch build at:
> http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=3245283

There's a reason for the existence of the Release tag. Please use it whenever you make changes to the spec file, even during the review phase. Otherwise it's a PITA for the reviewer.

Please do the preparation of the sources


# alter /usr/local/bin/python
find mx/ -name "*.py" -exec sed -i -e 's:^#!.*python:#!%{_bindir}/python:' {} \;

# These just have test cases and aren't meant to be run
for file in mx/Log.py mx/BeeBase/FileLock.py mx/BeeBase/mxBeeBase/testernesto.py \
        mx/Misc/OrderedMapping.py mx/Misc/Daemon.py mx/Misc/FileLock.py; do
    sed -i -e '/^#!.*python/d' ${file}
done


in the %prep phase, not in %build.

**


$ rpmlint python-mx-*
python-mx.src: W: strange-permission egenix-mx-base-3.2.0.tar.gz 0444L
python-mx.src:73: W: macro-in-comment %{_bindir}
python-mx.x86_64: E: non-standard-executable-perm /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/Proxy/mxProxy/mxProxy.so 0775L
python-mx.x86_64: E: non-standard-executable-perm /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/Queue/mxQueue/mxQueue.so 0775L
python-mx.x86_64: E: non-standard-executable-perm /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/TextTools/mxTextTools/mxTextTools.so 0775L
python-mx.x86_64: E: non-standard-executable-perm /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/UID/mxUID/mxUID.so 0775L
python-mx.x86_64: E: non-standard-executable-perm /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/URL/mxURL/mxURL.so 0775L
python-mx.x86_64: E: non-standard-executable-perm /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/BeeBase/mxBeeBase/mxBeeBase.so 0775L
python-mx.x86_64: E: non-standard-executable-perm /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/DateTime/mxDateTime/mxDateTime.so 0775L
python-mx.x86_64: E: non-standard-executable-perm /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/Stack/mxStack/mxStack.so 0775L
python-mx.x86_64: E: non-standard-executable-perm /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/mx/Tools/mxTools/mxTools.so 0775L
python-mx-devel.x86_64: W: no-documentation
4 packages and 0 specfiles checked; 9 errors, 3 warnings.

You still need to fix the permissions of the libraries. Run
 find %{buildroot}%{python_sitearch}/mx/ -name \*.so -exec chmod 755 {} \;
at the end of %install.

**

If you like, you can also drop the %defattr lines, which are defaulted in current versions of RPM.

**

MUST: The spec file for the package is legible and macros are used consistently. NEEDSWORK
- You are mixing macro styles. Change $RPM_OPT_FLAGS to %{optflags} to be consistent.

MUST: The package must be named according to the Package Naming Guidelines. NEEDSWORK
- In the two years' time from filing of bug #497471, the upstream project has changed its name.
- Instead of python-mx, this package should actually now be named python-egenix-mx-base.
(Fortuitiously this change can now be done for free.)

MUST: The spec file name must match the base package %{name}. OK
MUST: The package must be licensed with a Fedora approved license and meet the  Licensing Guidelines. OK

MUST: The License field in the package spec file must match the actual license. NEEDSWORK
- As noted in comment #3, the correct license tag is eGenix.

MUST: The sources used to build the package must match the upstream source, as provided in the spec URL. OK
$ md5sum egenix-mx-base-3.2.0.tar.gz ../SOURCES/egenix-mx-base-3.2.0.tar.gz 
5db1fa864e9c239e9438bd64beed5f9b  egenix-mx-base-3.2.0.tar.gz
5db1fa864e9c239e9438bd64beed5f9b  ../SOURCES/egenix-mx-base-3.2.0.tar.gz

MUST: The package MUST successfully compile and build into binary rpms. OK
MUST: The spec file MUST handle locales properly. N/A

MUST: Optflags are used and time stamps preserved. NEEDSWORK
- Please use 'cp -pr' instead of 'cp -r'.

MUST: Packages containing shared library files must call ldconfig. N/A
MUST: A package must own all directories that it creates or require the package that owns the directory. OK
MUST: Files only listed once in %files listings. OK
MUST: Debuginfo package is complete. OK

MUST: Permissions on files must be set properly. NEEDSWORK
- Fix the library perms.

MUST: Large documentation files must go in a -doc subpackage. N/A

MUST: All relevant items are included in %doc. Items in %doc do not affect runtime of application. NEEDSWORK
- docs is now 5 MB (uncompressed), which is too big to put in the base package.
- Put COPYRIGHT and LICENSE in the main package, and the rest in -docs.
- IMHO there's no sense in having Doc folders for single PDF files. For example, I'd place DateTime/Doc/mxDateTime.pdf as just DateTime/mxDateTime.pdf.

MUST: Header files must be in a -devel package. OK
MUST: Static libraries must be in a -static package. N/A
MUST: If a package contains library files with a suffix then library files ending in .so must go in a -devel package. Not applicable
MUST: In the vast majority of cases, devel packages must require the base package using a fully versioned, architecture dependent dependency. OK
MUST: Packages does not contain any .la libtool archives. N/A
MUST: Desktop files are installed properly. N/A
MUST: No file conflicts with other packages and no general names. OK
SHOULD: %{?dist} tag is used in release. OK
SHOULD: If the package does not include license text(s) as separate files from upstream, the packager should query upstream to include it. OK
SHOULD: The package builds in mock. OK

Ping Brian?

I'll hopefully get back to this sometime this week.

ping again Brian

Thanks for the help, sorry to take so long to get back to this:

spec URL: http://bcl.fedorapeople.org/python-egenix-mx-base.spec
srpm URL: http://bcl.fedorapeople.org/python-egenix-mx-base-3.2.4-1.fc18.src.rpm

*** Bug 497471 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Sorry that it took me this long to respond, I've been quite busy lately. Well, looks like every issue in comment #5 has been adressed. The review has been

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New Package SCM Request
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Package Name: python-egenix-mx-base
Short Description: A collection of Python software tools
Owners: bcl jpopelka mdomsch 
Branches: rawhide

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