packaging July 2010

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correct name for maven pom-file
by Chris Spike 08 Jul '10

08 Jul '10

Hi, Is there a recommendation on the name of the pom file for java packages? There is a template in the wiki[1] that tells me to name it JPP-%{name}.pom, but actually most packages call it JPP.%{name}.pom or JPP-%{short_name}.pom. Even apache-commons packages are non consistent (e.g. JPP-commons-codec.pom, JPP-apache-commons-math.pom, JPP.jakarta-commons-io.pom or JPP-jakarta-commons-net.pom) so I guess this is up to taste? Regards, Chris [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Java#maven_2

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Another clarification of the static library packaging guidelines
by Michael Schwendt 06 Jul '10

06 Jul '10

There are dozens of -devel packages, which contain static libs only, but don't provide a virtual -static package. Many of them are OCaml (ocaml-*) and Haskell (ghc-*) packages. The Haskell packaging guidelines contain a section that seems to suggest that the packages need not provide a virtual -static package: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Haskell#Static_vs._Dynamic_Linking What about OCaml? https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:OCaml is not mentioning static libraries at all. What other exceptions exist? -- http://mschwendt.fedorapeople.org/staticbugstat.html

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Guidline change never announced?
by Christoph Wickert 06 Jul '10

06 Jul '10

Back in June we had some discussion about directory ownership of /usr/share/gtk-doc(/html) that was caused by https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=604169 While there was no consensus on the mailing list and most people suggested to close this bug, things look different in the wiki now. Spot made a draft at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingDrafts/Revised_File_and_Directory_O… and it seems like this draft has become part of the packaging guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=Packaging%3AGuidelines&diff=157… This raises a couple of questions for me: 1. (When) Was this ratified by the packaging committee? I don't see anything on the lists, the wiki or in the meetbot archives 2. If it was ratified, was it announced? It is a major change in the guidelines that every packager must be aware of. 3. Is this proposal been backed up by the RPM devs? AFAIR there were problems with left over directories when the packages were uninstalled in a single transaction but in the wrong order. Not sure if it still applies. Regards, Christoph

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FHS being ignored
by Ralf Corsepius 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

Hi, Another FHS violation has made it into Fedora: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=606854 Ralf

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License tag for gpl2+ source and gfdl documentation
by Bruno Wolff III 03 Jul '10

03 Jul '10

I want to include some pdf manuals in a package. The pdf manuals are available separately from the project's (qgis) site from the source. (I didn't see source files for the manuals, just pdf's.) My thought is to include the manuals (one English, the other German) in the srpm. But I am not sure how to indicate the separate licenses for the source and documentation. A quick look at the FAQ didn't answer this question.

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Fast Moving Package updates (fldigi)
by Randall Berry 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

Hi, I am one of the maintainers of fldigi[1] which is a very active and fast moving project. Minor upstream updates appear almost weekly. Should I be adding these updates to rawhide at least? I don't want to flood the system with updates but would like to keep the package fresh. [1] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/acls/name/fldigi?_csrf_token=260530b7… -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Randall 'Randy' Berry || Fedora Packager | | Randy3lrx(a)gmail.com || Fedora Ambassador | | dp67(a)fedoraproject.org || | | Ham Radio Operator N3LRX || http://dp67.fedorapeople.org/ | | || | |----------------------------------------------------------------------| | Member of the Fedora Amateur Radio Special Interest Group | | https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/AmateurRadio | ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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