Re: Overeager cleaning of -devel provides

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> From: Jeffrey Johnson <[email protected]>
>To: Per Øyvind Karlsen <[email protected]> 
>Cc: [email protected] 
>Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 4:07 PM
>Subject: Re: [Cooker] Overeager cleaning of -devel provides
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>On Jul 30, 2013, at 2:00 PM, Per Øyvind Karlsen wrote:
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>> lib64glib2.0-devel = 1:2.36.3-2:2013.0
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>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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>> The package lacks any canonical provides with release provided, ie. it becomes impossible to add any versioned dependencies on a canonical provides with release in it.
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>What exactly is a "canonical provide with release" if not the above?

It certainly is not.  It's not what Per Øyvind is asking for.  It's not a provides, it's just the name of the package itself.  It's also certainly not something you can use as a BuildRequires, because it's arch-dependent.  The provides Per Øyvind is talking about are arch-independent.