[Mageia-dev] Standardising the virtual Provides in -devel packages

[EatDirt]

On 08/07/11 06:37, Ahmad Samir wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I've had a rather vague idea about standardising the virtual provides
> in the distro, there should be:
> Provides: %{name}-devel
> Provides: lib%{name}-devel
>
> either both of them in _all_ packages, or one of them in _all_
> packages, so that we don't have to check urpmq --provides all the
> time. Personally, I am more inclined on having them both, so as not to
> break already working specs.

> WDYT?

Hi! YES!!!!!!!

As a Padawan, this was one of my first troubles, to find the correct 
-devel package name. Some packages have even different --provides 
according to the arch :-/

Both "Provides" are certainly the best, but we may recommend the usage 
of only one of type in Requires: lib%{name}-devel?

Cheers,
Chris.