[Guidelines change] Changes to the packaging guidelines

[Jason L Tibbitts III]

Here are the recent changes to the packaging guidelines:

The guidelines for packaging static libraries were amended to indicate
that the -static package should require the -devel package:
 * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Packaging_Static_Libraries_2
 * https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=Packaging%3AGuidelines&diff=409506&oldid=405928
 * https://fedorahosted.org/fpc/ticket/338

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Due to advancements in packaging making it somewhat irrelevant, the EE
APIs section is removed from the Java packaging guidelines:
 * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Java
 * https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=Packaging%3AJava&diff=407092&oldid=398187
 * https://fedorahosted.org/fpc/ticket/512

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Guidelines and example SPEC for DevAssistant plug-ins are updated to
accommodate for %license tag:
 * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:DevAssistant
 * https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=Packaging%3ADevAssistant&diff=407093&oldid=402017
 * https://fedorahosted.org/fpc/ticket/511

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The guidelines for providing per-product configuration defaults have
been rewritten to be much more robust.
 * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Per-Product_Configuration
 * https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=Packaging%3APer-Product_Configuration&diff=410805&oldid=384093
 * https://fedorahosted.org/fpc/ticket/520
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