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GPG verification in SPECs
by Till Maas 12 Oct '13

12 Oct '13

Hi, upstream of pam_mount pointed me to OpenSUSE's gpg-offline RPM macros at https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Base:System/gpg-offline They allow to use a keyring and detached signature as additional source in SPECs to get both verified. Since gpg-offline's upstream is willing to create a proper release to allow easy packaging for Fedora, I wonder if I will find any obstacles when I package it. The packaging guidelines allow packaging RPM macros, therefore this should be fine. Also I am interested whether there are better options available. Regards Till

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bodhi client question
by Joachim Backes 03 Oct '13

03 Oct '13

Dear bodhi/koji specialists, perhaps, this is a dumb question: sometimes after having filed a BZ, I get some email like ----------------------------------------------------------- Package xxxxx-4.1.0.0-4.beta1.fc19: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 19 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing xxxxx-4.1.0.0-4.beta1.fc19' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-9971/xxxxx-4.1.0.0-4.be… ------------------------------------------------------------ *My question:* if xxxxx consists of a lot of packages, and I'm only needing some few of them (libreoffice is a good example), how then can I automatically download only those packages installed on my site? The usage of "bodhi -D xxxxx....." will download *all* and not only the locally installed pkgs. Kind regards Joachim Backes -- Fedora release 19 (Schrödinger’s Cat): Kernel-3.9.4-302.fc19.x86_64 Joachim Backes <joachim.backes(a)rhrk.uni-kl.de> https://www-user.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~backes

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Non-responsive maintainer: Dodji Seketeli
by Darryl L. Pierce 24 Sep '13

24 Sep '13

BZ#848774 This bug is nearly a year old, requesting that package offlineimap be upgraded to what was then the latest release (6.5.4, now it is 6.5.5-rc2). There has been no response from the maintainer. I posted a bug comment on 01 July asking for something from the package maintainer and received no word. I don't want to take over the package, but would like either the primary or else a co-maintainer to upgrade the package as it has bugs that have been fixed since 6.5.2 (the currently packaged release). -- Darryl L. Pierce <mcpierce(a)gmail.com> http://mcpierce.multiply.com/ "What do you care what people think, Mr. Feynman?"

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Rawhide tree now includes install images
by Kevin Fenzi 08 Sep '13

08 Sep '13

Greetings. After consulting with various teams, release engineering has re-enabled rawhide composes to create install images again. These images were dropped as part of the 'no frozen rawhide' proposal several years ago. This allows users to use the latest boot.iso or pxe images to install rawhide instances or point to rawhide as a install-able tree. kevin _______________________________________________ devel-announce mailing list devel-announce(a)lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel-announce

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rpmbuild --buildarch equivalent?
by Juerg Haefliger 07 Sep '13

07 Sep '13

Hi, A long time ago rpmbuild used to have an option --buildarch to override the arch detection. What is its equivalent nowadays? Sorry, couldn't figure it out so far. Thanks ...Juerg

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Late introduction
by Dridi Boukelmoune 02 Sep '13

02 Sep '13

Hi everyone, I am new to this list, and I'm a Fedora user for a little less than two years. Recently I've become a full-time Fedora user since I've installed it on my laptop for work. I'm a developer, and I usually work for companies that use RHEL in production. I think Fedora is a great distribution for development, because I love to be provided with latest versions of my favorite tools. Recently I have decided I would package tools I miss :) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=953514 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=989015 https://bitbucket.org/dridi/fedora_packages/ I'm willing to maintain those packages of course, but I haven't introduced myself yet, simply because I forgot. So here ends my late introduction. Best Regards, Dridi

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F20 System Wide Change: Web Assets
by Jaroslav Reznik 21 Aug '13

21 Aug '13

= Proposed System Wide Change: Web Assets = https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Web_Assets Change owner(s): T.C. Hollingsworth <tchollingsworth(a)gmail.com> Traditionally, Fedora has been pushing bits from its various servers to people's browsers in an ad-hoc fashion, and issues surrounding JavaScript have been swept under the rug. This change proposal provides a simple framework for shipping static web content and a way forward to treat JavaScript more closely to other code in the distribution. == Detailed description == A standard directory (/usr/share/assets) for static bits that are intended to be delivered to web browsers, such as CSS Frameworks, UI libraries, etc. will be introduced. HTTP daemons in the distribution should make this directory available publicly as /assets. Additionally, a standard directory (/usr/share/javascript) for JavaScript code, which may be used in browsers or server-side by applications such as nodejs or rubygem-execjs will also be introduced. Finally, new packaging guidelines [1] will provide instructions for making proper use of these new directories. == Scope == === The web-assets RPM === A web-assets package will be introduced. A preliminary SRPM is available here. [2] The web-assets-filesystem subpackage will be provided, which contains the following directories: * /usr/share/assets * /usr/share/javascript Additionally the following symlinks will be provided: * /usr/share/javascript -> /usr/share/assets/javascript * /usr/share/fonts -> /usr/share/assets/fonts (so any Fedora font package can be used as a web font) A web-assets-devel subpackage will be provided that provides macros like %{_assetdir} and other conveniences described in the proposed guidelines. A web-assets-httpd package will make the web assets directory available at http://server/assets/. === redhat-rpm-config === We can trivially [3] automatically version the virtual Provides required by the static inclusion section [4] of the new guidelines, but the macro would need to live in redhat-rpm-config to work right in koji without conditional inclusion, which results in terrible syntax like %{?js_includes: %js_includes foopackage} due to RPM's restrictions regarding macros that accept arguments. === httpd === httpd may want to add Requires: web-assets-httpd (or ship the configuration itself, though it was suggested that it would be better seperate [5]) to make the assets directory available unconditionally by default. This will simplify packaging. (We really would prefer that JavaScript libraries not depend on httpd, as they could be used by Node.js or Ruby.) === JavaScript packagers === Some longstanding reviews (like jquery) can now be completed with clear guidelines, paving the way for web applications to start being migrating to using proper dependencies instead of bundling. All web applications currently in the distribution should be examined for bundled JavaScript, which should be packaged separately. === Web application packagers === Web applications can migrate to new JavaScript/Web Asset packages as they become available. There are a lot of potentially affected packages. There's no hope of fixing them all in one release cycle, and even the dependency chain for jQuery, a big ticket package, could take several months to get reviewed and imported. Therefore, this Change proposal just seeks FESCo/FPC approval for a start to unravelling this madness. This will be a long transition, and will probably make the systemd transition look like a day in the park. === Foreign languages === Many foreign languages support JavaScript, like Ruby via rubygem-execjs or Java via rhino. Several of them already depend on existing JavaScript library packages (virtually all node.js-related ones) and will need to be modified to conform to the new locations specified by the guidelines. === Node.js === Several node packages ship JavaScript for the browser and will need to be modified to conform to the new guidelines. === FPC === The Fedora Packaging Committee will need to consider and approve drafts pertaining to Web Assets [6] and JavaScript [7]. === FPC/FESCo === FPC/FESCo may or may not want to consider a firm date for sunsetting the bundled JavaScript exception and requiring all new packages to meet the new guidelines. [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Patches/PackagingDrafts/Web_Assets [2] http://patches.fedorapeople.org/web-assets/web-assets-1-1.fc19.src.rpm [3] https://gist.github.com/tchollingsworth/6007074#file-macros-web-assets-L4-L… [4] User:Patches/PackagingDrafts/Web_Assets##Static_Inclusion_of_Libraries [5] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/packaging/2013-July/009313.html [6] User:Patches/PackagingDrafts/Web Assets [7] User:Patches/PackagingDrafts/JavaScript _______________________________________________ devel-announce mailing list devel-announce(a)lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel-announce

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F20 Self Contained Change: Apache OpenOffice
by Jaroslav Reznik 21 Aug '13

21 Aug '13

= Proposed Self Contained Change: Apache OpenOffice = https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/ApacheOpenOffice Change owner(s): Andrea Pescetti <pescetti(a)apache.org> Add Apache OpenOffice [1], the free productivity suite, to Fedora. == Detailed description == Apache OpenOffice (formerly OpenOffice.org) is an extremely popular free and open- source office software suite. Donated by Oracle to the Apache Software Foundation in 2011, it is now developed and supported by a thriving community; it graduated from the Apache Incubator in October 2012 and it is now an Apache Top-Level Project. Apache OpenOffice 4.0, due in the last decade of July 2013, is a major update. The two new versions (3.4.0 and 3.4.1) released in 2012 under the Apache guidance totalled 60 million downloads so far, not counting mirrors. To be clear, this proposal is about merely adding Apache OpenOffice: it doesn't affect existing office suites included in Fedora and it doesn't require that Apache OpenOffice is made the default office suite in Fedora. == Scope == Proposal owners: Packaging is the main issue here. The default OpenOffice build process produces RPM packages, but there are major changes to be done to obtain a set of RPM packages and matching SRPMs suitable for inclusion in Fedora. Version 4.0 produces packages based on the current product name: this allows to avoid name clashes with older versions of OpenOffice. The OpenOffice sources have been updated to allow a clean build with the default tools shipped with Fedora 19. The change is isolated, except some possible packaging overlap with LibreOffice, see below. Other developers: This issue was widely discussed for Fedora 19 too (the feature was then postponed to Fedora 20 since OpenOffice 4.0 was rescheduled to be released after Fedora 19). The /usr/bin/soffice and /usr/bin/unopkg executables/symlinks are still a problem since (in the Fedora packages) they would conflict between LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice: it is recommended to fix it in the LibreOffice packages too. As discussed on the mailing lists, applications that programmatically spawn an OpenOffice/LibreOffice process may benefit of the "soffice" symlink when they need to locate an OpenOffice/LibreOffice installation. On the other hand, the current upstream LibreOffice packages do not rely on a "soffice" symlink. Anyway, some coordination will be needed, as already envisaged by FESCo for Fedora 19, to ensure a smooth user experience. The impact on the system as a whole is believed to be limited enough for this change not to be considered a "system-wide change". Release engineering: N/A (not a System Wide Change) Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change) [1] http://openoffice.org/ _______________________________________________ devel-announce mailing list devel-announce(a)lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel-announce

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F20 Self Contained Change: Ruby on Rails 4.0
by Jaroslav Reznik 19 Aug '13

19 Aug '13

= Proposed Self Contained Change: Ruby on Rails 4.0 = https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Ruby_on_Rails_4.0 Change owner(s): Vít Ondruch <vondruch(a)redhat.com>, Josef Stříbný <jstribny(a)redhat.com>, ruby-sig(a)lists.fedoraproject.org Ruby on Rails 4.0 is the latest version of well know web framework written in Ruby. == Detailed description == The Ruby on Rails stack is evolving quickly and Fedora needs to keep pace with it. Therefore the whole Ruby on Rails stack should be updated from 3.2 in Fedora 19 to 4.0 (latest version) in Fedora 20. This will ensure that all the Ruby developers using Fedora have the latest and greatest RPM-packaged Ruby on Rails. == Scope == Proposal owners: * The whole Rails stack has to be updated * New additional gems will have to be packaged * Some dependencies of the Rails stack will need update For the list, see [1] Other developers: N/A (not a System Wide Change) Release engineering: N/A (not a System Wide Change) Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change) [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Ruby_on_Rails_4.0#Scope _______________________________________________ devel-announce mailing list devel-announce(a)lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel-announce

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Self Introduction
by Peter Hanecak 19 Aug '13

19 Aug '13

Hello, I've been asked by Luya Tshimbalanga <luya(a)fedoraproject.org> to maintain the gimp-separate+ package for official Fedora project so that it can be included in Design Suite Livemedia. Having read some introductory information, I would now like to introduce myself with few short facts: - I'm using Linux (at start Red Hat, later Fedora) since roughly 1997. - To ease the maintenance of my systems, I'm creating RPM packages "just for myself" since 1998 - this one seems to be the oldest one: http://hany.sk/~hany/RPM/doors1/jserv-doc-0.9.11-2.i386.html - I'm supporter of Free and Open Source Software and small-scale contributor, more recently broadening it with participation in Open Data initiatives. - Now, Luya's invite finally pushed me to come closer to the Fedora project. - I'm earning a living by doing software development and related consulting work. - I'm married with two children. I'm looking forward for future cooperation. And I would also like to thank in advance to all which will help me to get through initial stages of first package submission (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=913289). Sincerely Peter -- Peter Hanecak <hany(a)hany.sk> http://hany.sk/~hany/ GnuPG: http://hany.sk/~hany/gpg/E4C349E3.txt

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