Hi,
As Fedora Extras is speeding up we're starting to see people unearthing their pet package from RHL 6.x/7.x time and submitting it to extras. It may be a good idea to add those §s to the packaging guidelines :
1. Red Hat packaging is not always right
FE has stronger packaging requirements than RHL/RHEL/FC, so blindly copying a RHL/RHEL/FC spec file may not be sufficient (especially if you rebase older releases).
2. Follow the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
Always follow the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard rules when choosing file locations. The FHS (http://www.pathname.com/fhs/) is one standard everyone seems to agree on.
On Sun, 2005-10-09 at 12:10 +0200, Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
- Follow the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
Always follow the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard rules when choosing file locations. The FHS (http://www.pathname.com/fhs/) is one standard everyone seems to agree on.
Unfortunately SELinux interferes with this sometimes (e.g., putting static web apps in /usr/share with the data for it stored under /srv).
Le dimanche 09 octobre 2005 à 09:06 -0400, Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams a écrit :
On Sun, 2005-10-09 at 12:10 +0200, Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
- Follow the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
Always follow the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard rules when choosing file locations. The FHS (http://www.pathname.com/fhs/) is one standard everyone seems to agree on.
Unfortunately SELinux interferes with this sometimes (e.g., putting static web apps in /usr/share with the data for it stored under /srv).
Well, this is kind of a special case. Someone needs to put hard rules in the FHS concerning webapps, and tools will follow.
Selinux deserves a big fat § in the guidelines but I'm not the one to write it. Maybe this formulation is better ?
2. Follow the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
Always follow the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (http://www.pathname.com/fhs/) rules when choosing file locations. Exceptions must be approved on the fedora extras mailing list.
Regards,
packaging@lists.fedoraproject.org
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Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams -
Nicolas Mailhot