> On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Viorel Anghel wrote:
>
> >I think it would be a good idea that binary packages (built with rpm) to
> >automagically include the spec file (and to place it under
> >/usr/doc/package.../). This is helpfull in 2 situations:
> > - as an inspiration for new package builders
>
> I disagree. It is just extra file clutter on the hard disk that
> is totally unnecessary. If someone wants inspiration for
> building packages, the .spec is in the src.rpm. The spec is
> useless without the rest of the files that it uses to build
Oh, I don't know.
If the kernel binary rpms included the spec used to create them, I'd have a
rough chance of putting one together myself without downloading the whole
src.rpm.
Note; i mentioned kernel as an example. As it's more complex than most, it's a
good one, but I'm sure you could think of others.
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