Call for help with packagaging games for fedora-extras

[Rudolf Kastl]

2006/12/13, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram at fedoraproject.org>:
> Rudolf Kastl wrote:
> > 2006/12/13, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram at fedoraproject.org>:
> >> Rudolf Kastl wrote:
> >>
> >> > Thats exactly my problem. Sometimes i have chunks of time to invest
> >> > into work and i usually invest it with upstream work so the stuff is
> >> > working on fedora and is packageable.
> >> > For maintaining those packages in my eyes id have to have frequent
> >> > time so i can make sure its possible to upgrade it as soon as there is
> >> > a new version.
> >> > Id be willing to help and/or comaintain the packages for sure but what
> >> > i cant garantud is that i wont be on the road and i will have inet at
> >> > all.
> >>
> >> What you can do here is copy the spec files and refer to them from the
> >> extras wish list and games pages so they are publicly accessible for
> >> anyone who wants to get started with packaging those games. I am sure
> >> you are not the only one sitting on some spec files for various reasons.
> >
> > maybe it would be discussable to have a kinda "upload possibility" for
> > spec files one has hanging around locally. this way it would be easier
> > to collect those.
> >
> > what do you think?
>
> Sure. See http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras/WishList. The wiki has
> the ability to upload files. We already link submitted reviews in the
> wishlist for reference. You can do something similar for spec files or
> create e dedicated section. Link all the uploaded spec files there and
> anyone interested can use those.
>
> Rahul
>
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going to work on a dedicated page for uploading spec files that can be
used by future maintainers.

what it doesent solve yet though is the missing manpower that is
required to help out the currently active game packagers.

regards,
Rudolf Kastl