packaging guidelines: update request of immutable wiki page

Thorsten Leemhuis fedora at leemhuis.info
Tue Dec 12 13:30:27 UTC 2006



On 12.12.2006 14:14, David Timms wrote:
> 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 ?

This is a job for the packaging committee -- thus the fedora-packaging 
list would have been the better place to ask. Nevertheless, I'm sure all 
of the PC members are on the list, too...

CU
thl




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