introduction toogley | packaging intellij idea

[toogley]

Introduction
------------

Hello.

I'm Tobias Angele (20 years old) and I want to contribute to fedora packaging the
intellij idea package. I've made already some (really small) contributions, e.g. to
debian: https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/wicd.git/log/?qt=author&...
and https://github.com/AndreaCrotti/yasnippet-snippets/commits?author=toogley .

Additionally, I have some experience in Java(with maven)/C#/bash/object-orientated
programming, but nothing big.

* Github: https://github.com/toogley
* GPG Key:
https://keys.fedoraproject.org/pks/lookup?search=0xf20c5878e65b3b3a&o...
* IRC Nick: freenode -> toogley
* FAS: toogley, FPCA is signed

Packaging
------------
I've found http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/rpms/intellij-idea.git/ - I guess I can
base my work on the spec file there, which I'm currently trying to understand, update
and build. I think the best option for me is to create a github repo for packaging in the
beginning.  (as you probably don't trust me :D)

I have already read or am reading https://fedoramagazine.org/day-life-fedora-packager/ and
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_an_RPM_package

* Are there some important documents I should additionally read?

* Do you have some tips for starting packaging, or dealing with the legacy status of the
package?

* I'm used to gpg-sign my git commits/tags by default. Should I continue this practice
while packaging? I've read somewhere that some people don't want that, therefore
my question.

Thanks :)

[Dave Johansen]

On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 9:21 AM, <toogley(a)mailbox.org&gt; wrote:

>  Introduction
>  ------------
>
>  Hello.
>
>  I'm Tobias Angele (20 years old) and I want to contribute to fedora
>  packaging the intellij idea package. I've made already some (really small)
>  contributions, e.g. to debian:
>  https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/wicd.git/log/?qt=author&...
>  and
>  https://github.com/AndreaCrotti/yasnippet-snippets/commits?author=toogley
>  .
>
>  Additionally, I have some experience in Java(with
>  maven)/C#/bash/object-orientated programming, but nothing big.
>
>  * Github: https://github.com/toogley
>  * GPG Key:
>  https://keys.fedoraproject.org/pks/lookup?search=0xf20c5878e65b3b3a&o...
>  * IRC Nick: freenode -> toogley
>  * FAS: toogley, FPCA is signed
>
>  Packaging
>  ------------
>  I've found http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/rpms/intellij-idea.git/ - I
>  guess I can base my work on the spec file there, which I'm currently trying
>  to understand, update and build. I think the best option for me is to
>  create a github repo for packaging in the beginning.  (as you probably
>  don't trust me :D)
>
>  I have already read or am reading
>  https://fedoramagazine.org/day-life-fedora-packager/ and
>  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_an_RPM_package
>
>  * Are there some important documents I should additionally read?
>
>  * Do you have some tips for starting packaging, or dealing with the legacy
>  status of the package?
>
>  * I'm used to gpg-sign my git commits/tags by default. Should I continue
>  this practice while packaging? I've read somewhere that some people don't
>  want that, therefore my question.
>  
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/package/rpms/intellij-idea/
It looks like there used to be a package but it was retired. It's probably
worth contacting the previous maintainers and find out why it was retired
and any recommendations that they have for getting it going again.

Also, COPR ( https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Copr ) is a great way
to get builds up and running for people to test and give feedback on.

[Paul Howarth]

On 22/06/16 16:41, Dave Johansen wrote:
>  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/package/rpms/intellij-idea/
>  It looks like there used to be a package but it was retired. It's
>  probably worth contacting the previous maintainers and find out why it
>  was retired and any recommendations that they have for getting it going
>  again. 
It was retired because it had been failing to build for several releases:

http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/rpms/intellij-idea.git/diff/dead.package

Paul.

[Pierre-Yves Chibon]

On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 11:02:59AM +0100, Paul Howarth wrote:
>  On 22/06/16 16:41, Dave Johansen wrote:
>  > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/package/rpms/intellij-idea/
>  > It looks like there used to be a package but it was retired. It's
>  > probably worth contacting the previous maintainers and find out why it
>  > was retired and any recommendations that they have for getting it going
>  > again.
>  
>  It was retired because it had been failing to build for several releases:
>  
>  http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/rpms/intellij-idea.git/diff/dead.package 
Tip of the day: you can see the content of the dead.package file when on pkgdb
you click on the 'Retired' status on the right column (the underline is there to
give an idea that it is clickable, I need to make the mouse cursor change as
well).

Have a nice day,
Pierre