To those who supply Fedora yum install/update sites with Perl rpm pkgs: thank you!

[Kenneth Wolcott]

To those who supply Fedora yum install/update sites with Perl rpm
pkgs: thank you!

I would like to learn how to do this so that I could contribute.

I know a little bit about cpan2rpm, I know a little bit about rpm; I'd
like to learn more and contribute.

Could someone who knows, point me in the right direction?

There's more Perl packages that I'd like to be available on the Fedora
yum mirrors...

Thanks,
Ken Wolcott

[Michael Schwendt]

On Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:59:16 -0700, KW wrote:
> To those who supply Fedora yum install/update sites with Perl rpm
> pkgs: thank you!
>
> I would like to learn how to do this so that I could contribute.
>
> I know a little bit about cpan2rpm, I know a little bit about rpm; I'd
> like to learn more and contribute.
>
> Could someone who knows, point me in the right direction?
>
> There's more Perl packages that I'd like to be available on the Fedora
> yum mirrors...
>
> Thanks,
> Ken Wolcott

Some links for you:

* https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers#Get_Involved

* https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Perl

* https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/perl-devel

[Kenneth Wolcott]

On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 23:48, Michael Schwendt  wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:59:16 -0700, KW wrote:
> > To those who supply Fedora yum install/update sites with Perl rpm
> > pkgs: thank you!
> >
> > I would like to learn how to do this so that I could contribute.
> >
> > I know a little bit about cpan2rpm, I know a little bit about rpm; I'd
> > like to learn more and contribute.
> >
> > Could someone who knows, point me in the right direction?
> >
> > There's more Perl packages that I'd like to be available on the Fedora
> > yum mirrors...
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ken Wolcott
>
> Some links for you:
>
> * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers#Get_Involved
>
> * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Perl
>
> * https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/perl-devel

Thank you!

Subscribed, read briefly, the wiki sections you suggested.

Looking forward to learning how to contribute to open source via Perl
and Fedora as I think that (so far) is the most effective area for me
to contribute.

Ken Wolcott

[Dave Cross]

On 26 April 2011 05:59, Kenneth Wolcott  wrote:
> To those who supply Fedora yum install/update sites with Perl rpm
> pkgs: thank you!
>
> I would like to learn how to do this so that I could contribute.
>
> I know a little bit about cpan2rpm, I know a little bit about rpm; I'd
> like to learn more and contribute.

Actually, it seems that Centos and Fedora use cpanspec rather than cpan2rpm.
> Could someone who knows, point me in the right direction?
>
> There's more Perl packages that I'd like to be available on the Fedora
> yum mirrors...

You might find some of the missing ones in my RPM repo - http://rpm.mag-sol.com/

Cheers,

Dave...

[Rahul Sundaram]

On 04/26/2011 03:59 PM, Dave Cross wrote:
> You might find some of the missing ones in my RPM repo - http://rpm.mag-sol.com/

It would be useful if you push these into the official repo.  If you
need help, ask

Rahul

[Dave Cross]

On 26 April 2011 11:30, Rahul Sundaram  wrote:
> On 04/26/2011 03:59 PM, Dave Cross wrote:
> > You might find some of the missing ones in my RPM repo - http://rpm.mag-sol.com/

I've discussed this possibility before. For reasons that I can't
remember now it always seemed to be far more trouble than I wanted to
put in it.

All the SRPMs are on my site. Feel free to do what you want with them.
I'm happy with them where they are.

Cheers,

Dave...

[Rahul Sundaram]

On 04/26/2011 04:57 PM, Dave Cross wrote:
> I've discussed this possibility before. For reasons that I can't
> remember now it always seemed to be far more trouble than I wanted to
> put in it.

The process is fairly simple especially for Perl modules.

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Join_the_package_collection_maintainers

If you have an interest in it and it is something that helps with the
job, then its a better personal incentive to continue maintaining it. 
If I pick it up and submit it,  I don't have as much of a interest in it
to continue maintaining it going forward.  That's the only real difference

Rahul

[Dave Cross]

On 26 April 2011 12:36, Rahul Sundaram  wrote:
> On 04/26/2011 04:57 PM, Dave Cross wrote:
> > I've discussed this possibility before. For reasons that I can't
> > remember now it always seemed to be far more trouble than I wanted to
> > put in it.
>
> The process is fairly simple especially for Perl modules.
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Join_the_package_collection_maintainers
>
> If you have an interest in it and it is something that helps with the
> job, then its a better personal incentive to continue maintaining it.
> If I pick it up and submit it,  I don't have as much of a interest in it
> to continue maintaining it going forward.  That's the only real difference

I'll have another look. But I seem to recall that there were some
philosophical differences that meant that many of my RPMs wouldn't
accepted by the Fedora project.

Cheers,

Dave...