[Bug 351] New: Review request: vmware-requirements - Installs packages needed for VMware's virtualization programs to run

http://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=351 Summary: Review request: vmware-requirements - Installs packages needed for VMware's virtualization programs to run Product: Package Reviews Version: Current Platform: All OS/Version: GNU/Linux Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P5 Component: Review Request AssignedTo: rpmfusion-package-review(a)rpmfusion.org ReportedBy: dtimms(a)iinet.net.au CC: rpmfusion-package-review(a)rpmfusion.org Estimated Hours: 0.0 Spec URL: http://members.iinet.net.au/~timmsy/vmware-requirements/vmware-requiremen... SRPM URL: http://members.iinet.net.au/~timmsy/vmware-requirements/vmware-requiremen... Description: Use this package to install the packages required to run vmware locally. This package does not include the free vmware-server or vmware-server-console package itself. They can be obtained from the vmware website. Can't be in Fedora: - it's a meta package - it enables use of non fedora software - the proper packaging should really be done by the upstream author. - the upstream is not open source - the upstream do not support the fedora distribution - FESCO discussed it recently, and voted that helper packages for third party apps shall be blocked from Fedora: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=478007#c17 The original Fedora review request: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=478007 FESCO item tracking: https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/35 FESCO discussion should show up soon for 2009-01-30: http://bpepple.fedorapeople.org/fesco/ ===== rpmlint: vmware-requirements.src:34: E: hardcoded-library-path in /lib/security/pam_unix.so vmware-requirements.src:51: E: hardcoded-library-path in /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 vmware-requirements.src:53: E: hardcoded-library-path in /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 vmware-requirements.src:55: E: hardcoded-library-path in /usr/lib/libXtst.so.6 vmware-requirements.src:57: E: hardcoded-library-path in /usr/lib/libXt.so.6 vmware-requirements.i386: W: no-documentation vmware-requirements.i386: E: no-binary vmware-requirements-server.i386: W: no-documentation vmware-requirements-server.i386: E: devel-dependency kernel-devel 3 packages and 0 specfiles checked; 7 errors, 2 warnings. ===== So, do we want to allow helper packages like this in RPM Fusion ? Note it does not Require: any packages external to Fedora/RPM Fusion, nor does it attempt to download them. Others have mentioned that other external no source apps might include skype etc, that could receive similar RPM Fusion packaging assistance ? -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug. You are the assignee for the bug.