[Guidelines Change] Changes to the Packaging Guidelines 04/09 - 02/10
by Tom Callaway
It has been almost a year since we announced changes to the Packaging
Guidelines, so this will be a long list. In the future, we'll try to be
more timely in writing up changes and announcing them to the Fedora
Community.
Here are the list of changes to the Fedora Packaging Guidelines:
When selecting which source to download from upstream and use in a
Fedora package, the smallest available (and Fedora compatible) source
should be used:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/SourceURL#Referencing_Source
The Fortran Packaging Guidelines have been updated:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Fortran
The Ant Sample Spec in the Java Packaging Guidelines has been corrected:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Java
The R Packaging Guidelines have been updated:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:R
The Scrollkeeper scriptlets were removed from the Packaging Guidelines:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:ScriptletSnippets#Scrollkeeper
The Python Packaging Guidelines were significantly rewritten including
changes to address:
* Python 3
* PyGTK2 and Numpy
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Python
Dos2unix is no longer forbidden when removing DOS line breaks in a file:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines#Rpmlint_Errors
The Packaging Guidelines now contain a lengthy explanation of why
Bundled Libraries are not permitted in Fedora:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:No_Bundled_Libraries
The Packaging Guideline section on dealing with pre-built libraries has
been improved:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#No_inclusion_of_pre-b...
Fedora packages no longer need to explicitly define a BuildRoot, as RPM
now always defines one:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#BuildRoot_tag
The Fedora Packaging Guidelines now contain more information on how to
deal with Conflicting Files in scenarios involving "common names":
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Conflicts#Conflicting_Files
There are now Packaging Guidelines for Wordpress Plugins:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:WordPress_plugin_packaging_guide...
There are now Packaging Guidelines for Globus Toolkit components:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Globus
Since RPM now detects pkgconfig dependencies in all Fedora releases, it
is no longer necessary for Fedora packages with .pc files to explicitly
Require: pkgconfig :
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingGuidelines#Pkgconfig_Files
Fedora packages should contain man pages for all included binaries and
scripts, and if not present, Fedora packagers should work with upstream
to add them:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Man_pages
There are now Packaging Guidelines for MPI packages:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:MPI
There are now Packaging Guidelines for proper usage of Environment Modules:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:EnvironmentModules
There are now Packaging Guidelines for proper usage of Alternatives:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Alternatives
The Packaging Guidelines now have a section covering how to properly
handle filtering of Automatic Provides and Requires:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:AutoProvidesAndRequiresFiltering
The GConf scriptlets have been rewritten to use macros (and be much
simpler):
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:ScriptletSnippets#GConf
The Guidelines concerning RPath have been clarified:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Beware_of_Rpath
The Guidelines concerning File and Directory ownership have been clarified:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#File_and_Directory_Ow...
The Emacs Packaging Guidelines have been changed:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Emacs
The PHP Packaging Guidelines have been changed:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:PHP
The Fedora Packaging Guidelines now contain a section on dealing with
Buildtime Macros in Source RPMS:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Source_RPM_Buildtime_...
A clarification note has been added to the SourceURL section, reminding
Fedora packagers to use "downloads.sourceforge.net":
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:SourceURL#Sourceforge.net
These guidelines (and changes) were approved by the Fedora Packaging
Committee (FPC) and ratified by FESCo.
Many thanks to Pierre-Yves Chibon, Remi Collet, Mattias Ellert, Adam
Jackson, Jussi Lehtola, David Malcolm, Till Maas, Bill Nottingham, Orcan
Ogetbil, Rahul Sundaram, Alexey Torkhov, Jonathan Underwood, Ivana
Varekova, Ian Weller, Chris Weyl and all of the members of the FPC and
FESCo, for assisting in drafting, refining, and passing these guidelines.
As a reminder: The Fedora Packaging Guidelines are living documents! If
you find something missing, incorrect, or in need of revision, you can
suggest a draft change. The procedure for this is documented here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Committee#GuidelineChangeProcedure
Thanks,
~spot
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Build F-13 collection packages for all language translators
by Noriko Mizumoto
Dear Fedora package maintainers
This is kind reminder asking you to rebuild your package with latest
translation. Localization team has been translating for updated and/or
newly added strings since the String is frozen (2010-02-09). To allow
translators to review and correct their latest translation in UI, this
is essential. This is different from 'Rebuild all translated packages
for Beta', this is added entry since Fedora 12 [1].
"Build F-13 collection packages for all language translators" is
expected between 2010-03-03 to 2010-03-05. Please make sure your build
is completed by 2010-03-05, so that a live image to be composed on
2010-03-05.
The packages to be built are:
ABRT » master
anaconda » master
audit-viewer » tip
authconfig » tip
chkconfig » master
comps » HEAD
desktop-backgrounds » HEAD
desktop-effects » master
firstboot » master
im-chooser » trunk
initscripts » master
iok » trunk
kexec-tools » HEAD
libuser » tip
liveusb-creator » master
mlocate » tip
multimedia-menus » master
newt » master
passwd » tip
policycoreutils » HEAD
pykickstart » master
python-meh » master
readahead » master
redhat-menus » HEAD
setroubleshoot » tip-framework
setroubleshoot » tip-plugins
setuptool » master
smolt » master
smolt » master-smoon
sos » trunk
switchdesk » HEAD
system-config-audit » tip
system-config-bind » tip
system-config-boot » master
system-config-date » master-docs
system-config-date » master
system-config-date » master-timezones
system-config-display » master
system-config-firewall » master
system-config-httpd » tip
system-config-kdump » new
system-config-keyboard » trunk
system-config-kickstart » master
system-config-language » trunk
system-config-lvm » master
system-config-netboot » trunk
system-config-network » master
system-config-nfs » master
system-config-nfs » master-docs
system-config-printer » master
system-config-rootpassword » trunk
system-config-samba » master
system-config-samba » master-docs
system-config-services » master
system-config-services » master-docs
system-config-users » master
system-config-users » master-docs
system-switch-java » tip
system-switch-mail » HEAD
usermode » tip
[1]:http://poelstra.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-13/f-13-devel-tasks.html
Thanks a lot.
Noriko Mizumoto
Fedora Localization Project
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Fedora 13 Alpha Go/No-Go Meeting: 2010-03-04 @ 01:00 UTC (2010-03-03 @ 20:00 EST)
by Adam Williamson
Join us on irc.freenode.net #fedora-meeting for this important meeting.
This is Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 01:00 UTC, which makes it *WEDNESDAY
EVENING* in North America: 20:00 EST, 17:00 PST.
"Before each public release Development, QA, and Release Engineering
meet to determine if the release criteria are met for a particular
release. This meeting is called the: Go/No-Go Meeting."
"Verifying that the Release criteria are met is the responsibility of
the QA Team."
For more details about this important meeting see:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Engineering_Readiness_Meetings
--
Adam Williamson
Fedora QA Community Monkey
IRC: adamw | Fedora Talk: adamwill AT fedoraproject DOT org
http://www.happyassassin.net
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