Meeting minutes and full logs of the packaging committee meeting which occurred on 2008-04-01 are online:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Minutes http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Minutes20080401
Executive summary:
The following drafts are now official guidelines, having been accepted by FESCO last week:
* ASCII Naming Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingDrafts/ASCIINaming * New Perl Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingDrafts/Perl * OpenOffice.org extensions guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingDrafts/OpenOffice.orgExtensions
These should be written into the guidelines soon if this hasn't already been done by the time you read this.
Issues pending FESCO ratification:
Java guidelines * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingDrafts/Java * This is the first vote for this draft, but it's the culmination of significant work and discussion * Accepted (5 - 1)
* SysV-style initscript guidelines * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingDrafts/SysVInitScript * This is a new draft this week * Accepted (6 - 0)
* Eclipse plugin guidelines * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingDrafts/EclipsePlugins * This was previously discussed and withdrawn at a previous meeting and is back up for a vote. * Accepted (6 - 0)
* Guidelines for the use of GCJ in Java packages * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingDrafts/GCJGuidelines * A new submission this week; the Java guidelines refer to it. * Accepted (5 - 0)
Misc business:
* FPC will meet again April 8, and will then hopefully return to meeting every other week.
- J<