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authorEli Schwartz <eschwartz@archlinux.org>2022-01-09 21:16:50 -0500
committerJussi Pakkanen <jpakkane@gmail.com>2022-01-10 20:21:40 +0200
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remove the RPM module
It is unmaintained, broken (frequently for long periods of time) and not really required for any meson functionality. Its purpose is to be used as a one-shot tool for creating a distro package recipe, and then deleted from your meson.build files. Due to its fragile dependency on coredata implementation details, we cannot assume it will reliably work, or continue to work, without someone who is actively willing to take responsibility for it. Even if that were to happen, this might be better off as an external script that parses introspection data. Closes #9764 Closes #9763
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+## Removal of the RPM module
+
+Due to lack of interest, lack of maintainership, and lack of a clear purpose,
+the RPM module has been removed.
+
+Users interested in one-shot tools to generate an RPM spec file template for
+distro packaging, are encouraged develop an external tool that reads the
+introspection data.
+
+For more details, see https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/9764