8:27 a.m.
On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 10:14:27PM +0000, Michael Zhang wrote:
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Michael.<br><br>I’m currently working on the OpenLiberty project and would
like to add it as a package into the Fedora main repositories. This is my very first time
packaging a rpm and would appreciate all the support I can get. I would like to find a
sponsor to aid me in critiquing/uploading the package within 2
months.<br><br>Link to the bugzilla - <a
href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1666493"
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Hi Michael,
welcome! My first suggestion would be to not send html email to the
public mailing lists, it's generally considered unnecessary and a lot
of people will skip such mails as spam.
Also, please attach your spec file and srpm to the bug. Don't use url
obfuscators and don't use external hosting (people want to see where
the links go without following them, and we want those files to be
available infinitely, and external file hosting goes against this).
Zbyszek
8:55 a.m.
On 1/20/19 2:27 PM, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek wrote:
Also, please attach your spec file and srpm to the bug. Don't use
url
obfuscators and don't use external hosting (people want to see where
the links go without following them, and we want those files to be
available infinitely, and external file hosting goes against this).
I did not know that we shouldn't use external hosting, the wiki [1] also
doesn't require that, it only says:
Put your spec file and SRPM somewhere on the Internet where it can be
directly downloaded (just HTTP(s), no registration pages or special download methods,
please).
While I see that having them available infinitely has a benefit, it's
not enforced anywhere (and actually uncommon for the reviews I've seen).
Maybe the guidelines need an update, if that's actually something we
want to have?
Kind regards
Till
[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Package_Review_Process
9:05 a.m.
On Sun, Jan 20, 2019 at 02:55:44PM +0000, Till Hofmann wrote:
On 1/20/19 2:27 PM, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek wrote:
> Also, please attach your spec file and srpm to the bug. Don't use url
> obfuscators and don't use external hosting (people want to see where
> the links go without following them, and we want those files to be
> available infinitely, and external file hosting goes against this).
>
I did not know that we shouldn't use external hosting, the wiki [1] also
doesn't require that, it only says:
> Put your spec file and SRPM somewhere on the Internet where it can be directly
downloaded (just HTTP(s), no registration pages or special download methods, please).
While I see that having them available infinitely has a benefit, it's
not enforced anywhere (and actually uncommon for the reviews I've seen).
You're right, I misspoke and there is no guideline against external hosting.
Zbyszek
1:57 p.m.
On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 04:01:22PM +0000, Michael Zhang wrote:
On another note, how long will it generally take for my package to be
reviewed after submission?
That's generally hard to predict. A package review takes anywhere from
an half an hour or a few years. Since in this case you also need to
find a sponsor, it'll probably be a few weeks.
Zbyszek
2:34 p.m.
On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 08:06:36PM +0000, Michael Zhang wrote:
> That's generally hard to predict. A package review takes
anywhere from
> an half an hour or a few years. Since in this case you also need to find
> a sponsor, it'll probably be a few weeks.
Ok thanks for the info.
If you're having trouble finding a sponsor, let us know here, too.
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Matthew Miller
<mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org>
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