[Fedora-join] Re: RPM Packaging learning resources

[Marco Sgobino]

>  Hi both!
>  
>  Yes, RPM packaging is one of the more technical tasks in the
>  community,
>  and we have done tutorials in the past.
>  https://fedoramagazine.org/fedora-classroom-rpm-packaging-101/
>  
>  Recording here:
>  https://youtu.be/woFtdIS6x0Q
>  
>  As you'll see it's a tricky subject because while one can be taught
>  how
>  to make an rpm, it's not quite possible for a single tutorial to
>  cover
>  building software from source. There are far too many build systems
>  that
>  the software ecosystem uses (autotools, cmake, all the different ones
>  Python, R, Rust, Java and so on use) and learning these is the bit
>  that
>  usually takes time. I tend to learn these "on-demand" when I want to
>  package a software that uses them.
>  
>  Here's how I generally suggest people go about it (skip stuff you
>  already know):
>  
>  Very high level explainers on the Fedora Magazine:
>  
>  - https://fedoramagazine.org/rpm-packages-explained/
>  -
>  https://fedoramagazine.org/how-rpm-packages-are-made-the-source-rpm/
>  - https://fedoramagazine.org/how-rpm-packages-are-made-the-spec-file/
>  
>  Then, one has to learn:
>  
>  - how to make an rpm: just learning the rpm building tools
>  
>  https://rpm-packaging-guide.github.io/
>  
>  and then how to do it in the Fedora pipeline using the specific tools
>  (fedpkg and so on):
>
> https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/package-maintainers/New_Package_Proc...
>  
>  This includes learning the Fedora community package building
>  pipeline,
>  which includes the package review process to ensure that it follows
>  the
>  Fedora guidelines and meets our standards:
>  
>  https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/package-maintainers/Package_Review_P...
>  https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/
>  
>  There are a number of ways of getting sponsored to the packager
>  group,
>  so it's worth going through that to see how you want to learn the
>  necessary skills:
>
> https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/package-maintainers/How_to_Get_Spons...
>  
>  (for example, you could start by co-maintaining a package---that's
>  easier because you don't have to build the rpm from scratch, you just
>  make tweaks to the existing packages and learn that way) 
Really thanks for the huge quantity of resources and advices, now I
have enough material I can start going deeper and deeper into the
packaging process.