On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 09:22:21AM -0500, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
> > That is trivial to deal with. There are many packages in fedora which
> > are renamed to meet packaging guidelines (e.g. many of the python-* or
> > perl-* packages). I encourage you to submit it for review.
>
> I am sorry I do not quite understand. I presume that you mean that one should
> rename stapler (my packaged version) to something else. I tried doing this in
> the spec file. But it never worked because the spec file looks for that
> something else then. I could not figure out how to fix this so just created
> the file for my personal use.
>
> If you or someone else would like to take a look, here it is:
>
> fpaste pdf-stapler.spec
> Uploading (2.4KiB)...
> http://ur1.ca/kckv7 -> http://paste.fedoraproject.org/221087/14400891
Just rename the tarball to the new name and you are good. The %{name}
macro takes the value from the Name: field in the spec file.
If I recall correctly, Fedora packaging guidelines says the package name
should be something like python-stapler.
> > If you submit it, please post the BZ id here, I would like to follow it.
> > In the meantime, could you point me to the home page? I found this:
> > https://github.com/hellerbarde/stapler/tree/master, is this correct?
>
> Yes this is correct.
>
> I even wrote to the author Philip Stark asking if he would mind changing the
> name to avoid conflicts with this other stapler. As an author and user of
> software, I feel that it is useful to have clearly defined names. (Besides,
> the name "stapler" does not quite do justice to the full capabilities of the
> software.) Anyway, he said he would if I came up with a good name so I
> suggested a bunch, but he never responded after that.
Hmm, are you sure? The readme in the repo explicitly states that it is
a fork of the version written by Philip Stark, and this one is written
by Fred Wenzel.
Philip Stark decided to look for an alternative and found pypdf, a PDF
library written in pure Python. He couldn't find a tool which actually
used the library, so he started writing his own.
This version of stapler is Fred Wenzel's fork of the project, with a
completely refactored source code, tests, and added functionality.
> Btw, you will need PyPDF2 for which I have a working rpm (again a personal
> copy, no naming issues there) which I can provide to you.
>
> How do I submit this PyPDF2 to BZ?
Just create a bug report as a review request.
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Package_Review_Process
Cheers,
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Suvayu
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