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introduction toogley | packaging intellij idea
by toogley 29 Jun '16

29 Jun '16

Introduction ------------ Hello. I'm Tobias Angele (20 years old) and I want to contribute to fedora packaging the intellij idea package. I've made already some (really small) contributions, e.g. to debian: https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/wicd.git/log/?qt=author&q=toog… and https://github.com/AndreaCrotti/yasnippet-snippets/commits?author=toogley . Additionally, I have some experience in Java(with maven)/C#/bash/object-orientated programming, but nothing big. * Github: https://github.com/toogley * GPG Key: https://keys.fedoraproject.org/pks/lookup?search=0xf20c5878e65b3b3a&op=vind… * IRC Nick: freenode -> toogley * FAS: toogley, FPCA is signed Packaging ------------ I've found http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/rpms/intellij-idea.git/ - I guess I can base my work on the spec file there, which I'm currently trying to understand, update and build. I think the best option for me is to create a github repo for packaging in the beginning. (as you probably don't trust me :D) I have already read or am reading https://fedoramagazine.org/day-life-fedora-packager/ and https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_an_RPM_package * Are there some important documents I should additionally read? * Do you have some tips for starting packaging, or dealing with the legacy status of the package? * I'm used to gpg-sign my git commits/tags by default. Should I continue this practice while packaging? I've read somewhere that some people don't want that, therefore my question. Thanks :)

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Old Fedora guy but new to fedora group - How to contribute?
by Manvendra Bhangui 16 Jun '16

16 Jun '16

I have been using Fedora for ages right from the first release. I am a C programmer since 1989. I know how to build RPM and Debian packages. I use the gnu autoconf, automake, libtool to build most of my work. I use vi and I use combination of RCS and git for version control. I am quite familiar with using many of the system calls. I strive to write portable code that compiles on linux and OSX. All my laptops, my mediacenter runs on Fedora and so I am familiar with Fedora for more than a decade. I want to contribute one of my major work - indimail-mta (a replacement for sendmail/postfix). indimail-mta has been built upon the original work by DJ Bernstein's qmail which was released to public domain in 2007 AFAIK. qmail as released by DJB is not FHS compliant. Also over the years, many have contributed to the source code in form of patches. I have fixed these issues (minor IMHO) and I do have RPMs released in public domain with the help of opensuse build service. Just recently I have been fixing things to make qmail FHS compliant and I thought I could also start working towards making a small contribution to fedora. But I am a newbie as far as the wonderful behind-the-scene-packaging that happens on Fedora. I have just created a fedora id and bugzilla id. Also I have been reading on how to contribute. I have so far read the following https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Join_the_package_collection_maintainers and https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Package_Review_Process I find the information overwhelming and I am not sure if I am reading the right documentation OR maybe it is my old dying grey cells. Any pointers on showing me the way would help me and I will try my best to meet the expectations and quality guidelines of the community. Also I am not sure if I can do this alone. So any help is welcome, especially from someone who loves qmail. Thank you in advance Regards Manvendra

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