Packaging Draft for Emacs add-on packages

[Tom "spot" Callaway]

On Mon, 2007-05-07 at 13:22 +0100, Jonathan Underwood wrote:
> On 07/05/07, Josh Boyer <jwboyer at jdub.homelinux.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2007-05-07 at 12:27 +0100, Jonathan Underwood wrote:
> > > Dear All,
> > >
> > > I have created a draft Packaging Guide for Emacs add-on packages here:
> > >
> > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingDrafts/EmacsenAddOns
> > >
> > > Any comments or suggestions greatfully received. There are a couple of
> > > spec file templates included which I hope will be useful.
> > >
> > > I'd like to get this added to the packaging notes fairly soon -
> > > presumably this requires FESCO ratification?
> >
> > Actually, it needs to go to the Packaging Committee.
> 
> Well, I think it's too verbose and specific to be part of the
> packaging guidelines, which are more general in their nature. The
> point of this document was to outline "Good Practice" and lower the
> intertial barrier to building add-on packages for Emacs. So I'm not
> sure where it's best put, and whether it needs to go via Packaging
> committee approval or not.
> 
> There seems to be quite a lot of information gathered under
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging that isn't easily accessed but
> seems really useful.

If it is under Packaging/, the FPC needs to sign off on it.

~spot