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

[RPM Fusion Bugzilla]

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 at rpmfusion.org
        ReportedBy: dtimms at iinet.net.au
                CC: rpmfusion-package-review at rpmfusion.org
   Estimated Hours: 0.0


Spec URL:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~timmsy/vmware-requirements/vmware-requirements.spec
SRPM URL:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~timmsy/vmware-requirements/vmware-requirements-1.0-3.fc10.src.rpm

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/
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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.
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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 ?


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