Re-Thinking Spec Files
summary
Claims that rpmbuild adds templates and automatic packaging to remove spec-file boilerplate, with prototypes and wiki examples already available. Plans include dynamic BuildRequires after %prep to read language-specific dependency files (needed for Rust), automating debug-info and subpackage creation, and generating changelogs/release numbers from git. Challenges: build systems must reinstall newly discovered deps, spec expansion and reproducible-debugging need tooling, and user/group creation remains an unresolved last-legitimate scriptlet.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Start
- 0:22Where we are
- 4:56Scriplets
- 9:52The Package Archipelago
- 11:54Build Templates
- 15:35Sub Package Templates
- 22:03Questions / Discussion
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