Seeking comments - Convert source code (tar.gz) to a RPM installable

[Just17]

As the original post referred to Checkinstall, and that package was available in PCLOS for many years, I wonder now is there some particular reason why it is not in the repository presently?

Does it just need a Package Request or is there some other reason?

[TerryN]

This is the spec file from qbittorrent (I have updated the version number). But this does not have the top portion where you define %name etc compared to the flightgear spec MBantz posted. Why the difference?

It's purely a matter of style or personal choice.  RPM automatically sets %name, %version and %release from the TAGS (maybe there was a time when it didn't) but putting in explicit %defines does no harm.

Terry.

[TerryN]

As the original post referred to Checkinstall, and that package was available in PCLOS for many years, I wonder now is there some particular reason why it is not in the repository presently?
Does it just need a Package Request or is there some other reason?

IIRC there was a problem with it (wouldn't build or wouldn't work) when we switched to rpm 4.8

Terry