[Guidelines Change] Changes to the Packaging Guidelines

[Tom Callaway]

Here are the latest changes to the Fedora Packaging Guidelines:

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A new set of guidelines have been written for handling systemd in packages:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines:Systemd
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:ScriptletSnippets#Systemd

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A new set of guidelines have been written for packaging Octave packages:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Octave

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Some clarification was added to the Guidelines section on Macros.
Previously, it said:

"Use macros instead of hard-coded directory names (see
Packaging:RPMMacros )."

Now, that line has been replaced with:

"Packagers are strongly encouraged to use macros instead of hard-coded
directory names (see Packaging:RPMMacros ). However, in situations where
the macro is longer than the path it represents, or situations where the
packager feels it is cleaner to use the actual path, the packager is
permitted to use the actual path instead of the macro. There are several
caveats to this approach:

* The package must be consistent. For any given path, within the same
spec, use either a hard-coded path or a macro, not a combination of the two.
* %{_libdir} must always be used for binary libraries due to multi-lib,
you may not substitute a hard-coded path. "

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Macros

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The Guidelines covering MinGW packaging have been updated for Fedora 16.
The previous guidelines still apply for older Fedora releases (Fedora 15
and older) and all RHEL releases.

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:MinGW
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:MinGW_Old

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The Packaging Guidelines have been updated to allow the use of /run and
to clarify that directory hierarchies not listed in the FHS are not
allowed unless listed in the Packaging Guidelines.

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Filesystem_Layout

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In the past (pre rpm 4.4), it was necessary to have a %defattr section
at the beginning of each %files section, but this is now the default and
no longer necessary to explicitly include.

The guidelines have been updated in numerous places to remove references
to hard-coded %defattr sections.

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines#File_Permissions

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The Scriptlets for GSettings have been updated to:

%postun
if [ $1 -eq 0 ] ; then
     glib-compile-schemas %{_datadir}/glib-2.0/schemas &> /dev/null || :
fi

%posttrans
glib-compile-schemas %{_datadir}/glib-2.0/schemas &> /dev/null || :

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:ScriptletSnippets#GSettings_Schema

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These guidelines (and changes) were approved by the Fedora Packaging
Committee (FPC).

Many thanks to Christopher Aillon, Richard W. M. Jones, Erik van
Pienbroek, Lennart Poettering, Orion Poplawski, Julian Sikorski, and all
of the members of the FPC, for assisting in drafting, refining, and
passing these guidelines.

As a reminder: The Fedora Packaging Guidelines are living documents! If
you find something missing, incorrect, or in need of revision, you can
suggest a draft change. The procedure for this is documented here:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Committee#GuidelineChangeProcedure

Thanks,

~spot

[Björn Persson]

Tom Callaway wrote:
>  The Packaging Guidelines have been updated to allow the use of /run
> and
>  to clarify that directory hierarchies not listed in the FHS are not
>  allowed unless listed in the Packaging Guidelines.
>  
>  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Filesystem_Layout 
Something went wrong with the link to the FHS ticket for /run. The URL 
contains a vertical bar that makes it invalid. I don't know the wiki syntax 
well enough to say how it should be.

Björn Persson

[Jason L Tibbitts III]

> >>>> "BP" == Björn Persson
> <bjorn(a)xn--rombobjrn-67a.se&gt; writes: 
BP> Something went wrong with the link to the FHS ticket for /run.

Fixed, thanks.  (A space was missing at the end of the URL.)

 - J<