packaging August 2021

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RPM-level auto release and changelog bumping - Fedora 33 System-Wide Change proposal
by Ben Cotton 13 Aug '22

13 Aug '22

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/rpm_level_auto_release_and_changelog… == Summary == redhat-rpm-config will be updated so users of the auto framework get automated release and changelog bumping. == Owner == * Name: [[User:nim| Nicolas Mailhot]] * Email: <nicolas.mailhot at laposte.net> == Detailed Description == This is a system-wide change because all packages build with redhat-rpm-config, but it only concerns packages that opted to use this part of redhat-rpm-config (auto framework). The change will make those packages auto-bump and auto-changelog at the rpm level, in an infrastructure-independent way. == Benefit to Fedora == Autobumping removes a huge packager shore and makes timestamping in changelogs more reliable. == Scope == * Proposal owners: The feature is coded and works at the rpm level. Unfortunately, mock filters away the srpms containing the bump state, so it does not work in upper layers. * Other developers: The feature requires buy-in by mock developers (and probably koji developers) to lift the restrictions that block it above the rpm level. Also, it requires a mechanism to pass the user name and email that will be used in bumped changelogs (defining two variables in ~/.rpmmacros is sufficient at rpm level) * Mock issue: https://github.com/rpm-software-management/mock/issues/599 * Release engineering: https://pagure.io/releng/issue/9567 * Policies and guidelines: maybe eventually if things work out on the technical level * FPC issue: https://pagure.io/packaging-committee/issue/998 * Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change) == Upgrade/compatibility impact == This is a pure build tooling update, it changes how things are built not what is built. == How To Test == A redhat-rpm-config packages with the changes and some example packages are available in https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/nim/refactoring-forge-patches-auto-… Since the mock/copr layer is currently blocking the feature, you need to install the redhat-rpm-config and forge macro packages available in this repo locally. Afterwards you can take any of the example packages in the repo and rebuild them with rpmbuild -ba to your heart content, and see the releases bump and the changelogs being updated accordingly. To get beautiful changelogs, you also need to add <pre> %buildsys_name Your name %buildsys_email Your email </pre> in ~/.rpmmacros == User Experience == N/A Packager experience change only == Dependencies == The change is a spin-off of https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Patches_in_Forge_macros_-_Auto_macro… Therefore, it depends on the success of that other change and will probably need rebasing if the code in this other change evolves during the redhat-rpm-config merge. It also depends on mock / copr/ koji buy-in and changes, that may add their own requirements. == Contingency Plan == There is no contingency plan because the change will happen or not at all. == Documentation == There is as much documentation as the average redhat-rpm-config change (ie comments in the macro files themselves) == Release Notes == N/A Packager productivity change only -- Ben Cotton He / Him / His Senior Program Manager, Fedora & CentOS Stream Red Hat TZ=America/Indiana/Indianapolis

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Schedule for Thursday's FPC Meeting (2021-08-26 16:00 UTC)
by James Antill 28 Aug '21

28 Aug '21

Following is the list of topics that will be discussed in the FPC meeting Thursday at 2021-08-26 16:00 UTC in #fedora-meeting-1 on irc.libera.chat. Local time information (via. uitime): ================= Day: Thursday ================== 2021-08-26 09:00 PDT US/Pacific 2021-08-26 12:00 EDT --> US/Eastern <-- 2021-08-26 16:00 UTC UTC 2021-08-26 17:00 BST Europe/London 2021-08-26 18:00 CEST Europe/Berlin 2021-08-26 18:00 CEST Europe/Paris 2021-08-26 21:30 IST Asia/Calcutta ---------------- New Day: Friday ----------------- 2021-08-27 00:00 HKT Asia/Hong_Kong 2021-08-27 00:00 +08 Asia/Singapore 2021-08-27 01:00 JST Asia/Tokyo 2021-08-27 02:00 AEST Australia/Brisbane Links to all tickets below can be found at: https://pagure.io/packaging-committee/issues?status=Open&tags=meeting = Followup Actions = #topic #pr-814 * mhroncok talk to authors again, having a working example might help a lot = Followup Issues = #topic #886 Enable BRP for detecting RPATH .fpc 886 https://pagure.io/packaging-committee/issue/886 #topic #907 Which %__foo macros for executables are acceptable? .fpc 907 https://pagure.io/packaging-committee/issue/907 #topic #1058 How to handle %lang files in package owned directories? .fpc 1058 https://pagure.io/packaging-committee/issue/1058 = Followup Pull Requests = #topic #pr-814 Add SELinux Independent Policy Guidelines. https://pagure.io/packaging-committee/pull-request/814 #topic #pr-1045 WIP: Add discussion of macro names beginning with underscores. https://pagure.io/packaging-committee/pull-request/1045 #topic #pr-1071 Overhaul the RPATH section of the guidelines. https://pagure.io/packaging-committee/pull-request/1071 #topic #pr-1064 Update PIE section https://pagure.io/packaging-committee/pull-request/1064 #topic #pr-1066 Update compiler guidelines for compiler policy change https://pagure.io/packaging-committee/pull-request/1066 #topic #pr-1074 Require deleting unused bundled libraries during %prep https://pagure.io/packaging-committee/pull-request/1074 #topic #pr-1077 Introduce %sysusers_create https://pagure.io/packaging-committee/pull-request/1077 = Open Floor = For more complete details, please visit each individual ticket. The report of the agenda items can be found at: https://pagure.io/packaging-committee/issues?status=Open&tags=meeting If you would like to add something to this agenda, you can: * Reply to this e-mail * File a new ticket at: https://pagure.io/packaging-committee * E-mail me directly * Bring it up at the end of the meeting, during the open floor topic. Note that added topics may be deferred until the following meeting.

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Packaging Guidelines for Desktop Applications
by Johan Vromans 27 Aug '21

27 Aug '21

The Packaging Guidelines contain a section on the packaging of Desktop files: .desktop files and AppData files. However, I could not find any information on how to handle applications that work with application-specific documents[*]. For this there must be document icons and XML files installed under %{_datadir}/mime and %{_datadir}/icons. Maybe there is need for some %post processing? Are there any guidelines for this? *) Application specific documents e.g. a text processor that handles .doc files. The application has an icon, and the documents (all *.doc files) have their own icon.

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Automatic virtual provides for RPM macros?
by Miro Hrončok 09 Aug '21

09 Aug '21

Hello, today at Nest, somebody said "unfortunately, there is no way to tell what package to install to get a particular RPM macro". I think that having an RPM provides generator for "rpm-macro(__python3)" or similar should be a fairly simple exercise. Would you folks consider that useful? -- Miro Hrončok -- Phone: +420777974800 IRC: mhroncok

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Re: Macro to smoke-test-import a Python module in %check
by Miro Hrončok 04 Aug '21

04 Aug '21

On 29. 06. 21 8:28, Felix Schwarz wrote: > > Am 28.06.21 um 21:44 schrieb Miro Hrončok: >> The semantics is quite simple: >> >> >> %check >> %py3_check_import mymodule mymodule.submodule > > Looks great! Thank you. > > Please let us know when we should start adding that to our Python packages. :-) Feel free to test it out in rawhide. If there is no more feedback, I'll initiate the backports next week. -- Miro Hrončok -- Phone: +420777974800 IRC: mhroncok

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