Hello:
On 10/17/2011 11:28 PM, Stuart Mumford wrote:
Hello,
You read my mind! I have been thinking of doing this since the day I
saw the engineering and scientific group.
Nice to know! Great minds or idiots you choose!
A good starting point would perhaps be to email the release engineering list [1] and state your intention citing the comps files. [2]
Excuse my inexperience,
What is the method to achieve this then? Is it to write a comps file to define the categories and sub-categories, then include this in the Spin, or in Fedora in general?
Here is what I did when I submitted a patch to one of the comps file:
- Checked out the comps files from the git repository - Made my changes. Please see [1] - Discussed the patch on the release engineering list and request someone to push it on behalf of you.
What would be the best way to get suggestions of categories / packages from the wider community? And what about intergration with groups such as the Astronomy SIG?
Regarding the first question: I think the SciTech SIG list (this one) is the best place. You might want to kickstart a new thread with your proposal and initial thoughts.
Regarding the second question, I am not quite sure. SciTech SIG is definitely the more general group, so to speak. Integration is something which I personally am not too sure about..sorry.
Also, would the best place to start be to branch the comps files git tree? Or not?!
Yes, please.
As far as I know, Fedora's "package groups" try to address such a concern. I might be completely off track here though. But, please discuss
this issue on the packaging list[.]
I have emailed the packaging list about this FYI.
Great. Shall look forward to any further updates on this.
[1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_use_and_edit_comps.xml_for_package_grou...
Best, Amit