Hi all,
I've read a crap ton of pages now about package creation/maintenance but feel like I'm missing stuff and spinning wheels so I wanted to ask. The process seems pretty muddled :-D
I've got an RPM package I maintain called "pick" (I'm already working with the upstream project and have their blessing/encouragement to do this). It's a reasonably successful project that really should be in the official repos. Here's the upstream:
https://github.com/mptre/pick
All my scripts I use to build RPMs are here. Basically I just use podman to crank out all versions. There's a script to generate a stand alone spec file as well (which is where the one above came from):
https://github.com/freedomben/pick-rpm
I want to get this package included in Fedora proper. I've never been a Fedora maintainer before but I'm a long time Fedora user and programmer and generally pretty good at stuff kind of guy. I'm mostly familiar with packaging guidelines, though I'm not an expert on the various macros (yet).
Is there someone who can guide me on what to do next? Or who will sponsor me?
Thanks in advance,
Ben
Hello Ben!
I see "pick" is available on quite some platforms! :)
Here are the links I usually use for reference:
You're already on the right track with your SPEC file from what I saw. What I'd recommend is the following:
1. Read through the above docs to make sure you have all the necessary tools like "fedora-review", "rpmlint", "mock" and "rpmbuild".
2. Generate a RPM and SRPM of your package and check it with the above tools to make sure it's clean.
3. Submit a review request to
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/ and mark your request as blocking
the FE-NEEDSPONSOR tracker so that people are aware that sponsorship is required. Be sure to link the SPEC file, a SRPM generated via "rpmbuild" and a successful Koji scratch build (not mandatory, but it helps).
4. Wait for someone to pick up your request and join us ;).
Cheers,
Andy