Summary of the 2008-04-22 Packaging Committee meeting

[Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs math uh edu>]

Meeting minutes and full logs of the packaging committee meeting which
occurred on 2008-XXX are online:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Minutes
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Minutes20080422

Executive summary:

The following drafts are now official guidelines, having been accepted
by FESCO last week:

 * No packages may own files or dirs in /srv:
   http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingDrafts/NoBitsInSrv

 * Build GCJ AOT bits conditionally
   http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingDrafts/ConditionalGCJ

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:

 * Sugar Activity guidelines
  *
    http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DennisGilmore/SugarActivityGuidelines
  * This was discussed last week but tabled.  It returns for a vote.
  * Accepted (7 - 0)
  * Voting for: tibbs spot rdieter hansg SmootherFrOgZ delero
    agadger1999

* Static Library packaging tweaks
  * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingDrafts/StaticLibraryPolicy
  * A new draft this week which modifies the existing guidelines
  * Accepted (7 - 0)
  * Voting for: spot delero hansg SmootherFrOgZ Rathann tibbs rdieter
  * Note that one particularly odd case (allegro) was discussed and a
    vote was held to grant it an exception which passed with the
    following voting for:
      Rathann spot tibbs hansg rdieter

Misc business:

 * Javascript packaging guidelines
  * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingDrafts/Javascript
  * If you have experience with javascript, please assist us in coming
    up with a usable set of guidelines.

 * Discussions about possibly moving the meeting time to account for
   DST will happen on-list.

 - J<