packaging guidelines: update request of immutable wiki page

David Timms dtimms at iinet.net.au
Tue Dec 12 13:14:25 UTC 2006


David Timms wrote:
> Hi, I would like to request an adjustment to the extras wiki for 
> packaging guidelines. Specifically I found it time consuming to find the 
> key information on how to actually set up my machine to start developing 
> packages. Here is a draft:
> 
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines
> =====
> 
> +[[Anchor(PackageDevelopmentEnvironment)]]
> +=== Configuring a Fedora system for developing packages ===
> +When beginning package development, there are some tools like 
> '''rpmdevtools''' and '''rpmlint''' that will assist in:
> + * installing the minimal compilation and build programs
> + * setting up a standardized package build environment for a developer 
> user
> + * testing your built packages
> +'''rpmdevtools''' and '''rpmlint''' can be installed from the Fedora 
> Extras repository with yum:
> +{{{
> +  yum install rpmdevtools rpmlint
> +}}}
> +Additional information is available from [:rpmdevtools: RPM Development 
> Tools], and the draft [:Docs/Drafts/BuildingPackagesGuide: Building 
> Packages in Fedora].
> 
> Any comments ? (I included a diff if it's OK to go.)
"No comment", please sweep under the carpet ?
DT.




More information about the fedora-extras-list mailing list