On 08/21/2012 10:04 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjo...@redhat.com> writes:
>> I just received about a dozen bugs like this:
>> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 02:16:42PM +0000, bugzi...@redhat.com wrote:
>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=850364
>> [...]
>>> Summary: Introduce new systemd-rpm macros in watchdog spec file
>> [...]
> 
> Yeah, I got a couple of those too.  I do not wish to make the proposed
> changes, nor would I be happy if someone made them for me, because I do
> not want to have unnecessary divergences between the spec files for
> different Fedora branches.  That not only creates issues for
> cherry-picking updates, but it means that I can't for example test-build
> a rawhide SRPM on my F16 work machine.  If the incompatibility is
> *necessary* then I'll put up with it, but as far as I can see this is
> only cosmetic at this point.
> 
> I'd like to see these macros back-ported into F17 and F16 RPM to remove
> this objection.  If that doesn't happen, I'm going to resist using them
> in my spec files until they are in all active Fedora branches.

I see no reason why these macros couldn't be back-ported to F17 & F16,
they just wouldn't do the preset functionality.

~tom

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