packaging April 2012

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17 discussions

Get paid to package! (Etherpad Lite)
by Rich Jones 21 Feb '13

21 Feb '13

Hey all! I didn't post this bounty, but it came across our system and it seems like you guys might be able to earn a quick bit of money on this one: http://gun.io/contracts/16/rpm-based-install-for-etherpad-lite-on-rhel-128 Any takers? -- Rich Jones Director, Gun.io

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should I include tests in the package?
by "Germán A. Racca" 04 May '12

04 May '12

Hi list: I'm the packager of APLpy: http://aplpy.github.com/ I'm going to update it to a new version, which comes with a set of tests, but I'm not sure about what to do with them. I asked upstream and the answer is: "The tests are there for us to diagnose any issues related to specific dependency versions and platforms, and to make sure that we don't break anything when making changes. It would be useful if you include them so that we can ask users to run them if they are having issues we can't reproduce, but you don't need to run the tests as part of the build/setup." I'm still not sure. Should I include them in the package? Have a nice day, Germán. -- Germán A. Racca Fedora Package Maintainer https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Skytux

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Extending the Static Library Packaging Guidelines to cover inline/template code
by Michael Schwendt 30 Apr '12

30 Apr '12

What does the Packaging Committee think about the following? [...] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/759823 is the review request for libkdtree++ That is a C++ template container implementation, which does not build a shared library file to link with, but ships only C++ templates in header files. The resulting -devel package needs to be handled in the same way than a -static library package. Whenever there are important fixes in the templates, dependencies may need to be rebuilt. Not limited to security vulnerabilities. Any bug-fixes in the template implementation would only propagate to applications when rebuilding the application packages.

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How do Packaging
by Srineth Priyanka 25 Apr '12

25 Apr '12

Hello, I'm new to rpm packaging in fedora, May I know how to do rpm packaging in fedora, If have any refernces please send me url or docs Thanks.

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signing
by Christopher Howard 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

I build my RPMs on one system but GPG sign them on another, which seems to work fine with the rpmsign command. I was just wondering: is it customary to sign just the source RPM, or both the source and binary RPMs? Does it hurt anything to sign both? -- frigidcode.com indicium.us

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games packages / manual installation
by Christopher Howard 22 Apr '12

22 Apr '12

Hi. This is my first post to this list. I'm trying to create my first RPM, and I have some questions. (I hope this is the right place!) All my previous packaging experience is with debs, so you'll forgive me if I compare & contrast somewhat with the Debian process. I should note: my source package is wrapped in autotools and should be fully compatible with the usual --configure options. 1) My package is a game; does Fedora require games to be installed in /usr/games like some distros do? (Debian also requires them to be put in the games group.) If so, how should I adjust the my spec file so this is done properly? 2) I have a desktop icon file that needs to be installed, but is not installed automatically by "make install". Should I just use the "install" command directly in the spec file, or is there some more proper way to go about it? Currently I have this in the spec file (haven't actually tested it yet): code: -------- desktop-file-install \ --dir=%{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications \ gfifteen.desktop install -mu=rw,g=r,o=r -D gfifteen.svg \ %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/pixmaps/gfifteen.svg -------- -- frigidcode.com indicium.us

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Fedora Packaging Committee Meeting - 2012-04-18
by Tom Callaway 18 Apr '12

18 Apr '12

The Fedora Packaging Committee met at its regular day (Tuesday) and time (1600 UTC). Logs from the meeting can be found here: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2012-04-18/fpc.2012-04-18… Minutes from the meeting can be found here: HTML: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2012-04-18/fpc.2012-04-18… TXT: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2012-04-18/fpc.2012-04-18… As a reminder, the Fedora Packaging Committee meets publicly and encourages community participation. Anyone can submit a draft of new guidelines or changes to existing guidelines (or even bundling exceptions) by following the process documented here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging_Committee#Guideline_Change_Procedu… ~tom == Fedora Project

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RPM Packaging Help
by Srineth Priyanka 17 Apr '12

17 Apr '12

Hello, I'm new to fedora rpm packaging. I have followed this link http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_a_GNU_Hello_RPM_package. I have already setup rpm development environment. Then I could give following command, # usermod -a -G mock <your username> $ rpmdev-setuptree $ cd ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES $ wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/hello/hello-2.7.tar.xz $ cd ~/rpmbuild/SPECS $ rpmdev-newspec hello But when giving vi hello.spec command I can appear blank vim page. I can't see normaly .spec file. How can I normal spec file Thanks

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emacs geben mode, even an old src.rpm
by Mihamina Rakotomandimby 16 Apr '12

16 Apr '12

Hi all, I am using F16 and looking for a package of http://code.google.com/p/geben-on-emacs/ Would you now one? I've searched but did not find, I'm ready to package it, but if it existed even on an old version, it could ease the work. So, if someone in here knew one, I'd be glad to hear of it. Thank you! :-) -- RMA.

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Re: [Fedora-packaging] GSOC : implementation of the survey infrastructure
by Srineth Priyanka 14 Apr '12

14 Apr '12

Hello Thanks for your replies. I'm following https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_a_GNU_Hello_RPM_package link Now my aim is to get source of the* limesurevey*. Therefore, is there any link to get that in limesurvey by using llink like wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/hello/hello-2.7.tar.xz else directly can I use zip file of downloded limesurvey, http://www.limesurvey.org/ Thanks On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 9:00 AM, Kevin Fenzi <kevin(a)scrye.com> wrote: > On Sat, 14 Apr 2012 08:28:57 +0530 > Buddhike Kurera <bckurera(a)fedoraproject.org> wrote: > > > On Sat, Apr 12, 2012 at 5:01 AM, Srineth Priyanka > > <srineth.priyanka(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > I started packaging Lime Survey. I contacted the lime survey team > > > and they have no idea on limes survey package for RPM. But they > > > will help me. I am new to RPM packaging to I m getting many errors. > > > I m still learning and devel team is helping me a lot on the > > > mailing list. I set up my idea of integrating FAS with lime survey. > > > I ll update you soon. > > > > Hello Srineth, > > > > I saw your emails and seems you are enjoying RPM packaging. However > > you can get some tips from the mentor. Please keep continues > > communications with the mentor. > > Hello. > > Some more links for you: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=508817 > is the previous attempt to package limesurvy. You can reuse this spec > file/package (as long as you credit the former authors in the > changelog). Also, this might show some of the outstanding issues for > it. > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/Join > has the full list of items to join package maintainers. > I can review your packages and sponsor you when the time comes. > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Request_For_Resources > and > http://infrastructure.fedoraproject.org/infra/docs/requestforresources.txt > have some good information about how we deploy applications like this > into fedora. > > > The primary mentor is Keven(I cc this mail). CC the emails to me as > > well.(I like to co-mentor). I m sorry getting late to reply you. > > > > It is good if you can finish packaging with in the evaluation period. > > > > Happy Packaging !! > > Please do feel free to drop me emails whenever you like... happy to > help. > > kevin >

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