[Guidelines change] Changes to the packaging guidelines

[Jason L Tibbitts III]

Here are the recent changes to the packaging guidelines.  Note that
there is also a set of Python guideline changes pending which I will
send in a separate announcement.

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Guidelines for making use of weak dependencies (Recommends:, Suggests:,
etc.) have been added.

 *​https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:WeakDependencies
 *​https://fedorahosted.org/fpc/ticket/531 

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The SSL Certificate Handling guidelines were slightly clarified.

 *​https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:SSLCertificateHandling
 *​https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=Packaging%3ASSLCertificateHandling&diff=414415&oldid=412705
 *​https://fedorahosted.org/fpc/ticket/536 

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The "Locally running services" section of the Default Services
guidelines been clarified.

 *​https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:DefaultServices#Locally_running_services
 *​https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=Packaging%3ADefaultServices&diff=414410&oldid=413672
 *​https://fedorahosted.org/fpc/ticket/532#comment:6 

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The guidelines for referencing upstream source were overhauled to
include more information about git hosting services.

 * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:SourceURL
 * https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=Packaging%3ASourceURL&diff=417378&oldid=372006
 * https://fedorahosted.org/fpc/ticket/547

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The "General Naming" section of the Package Naming Guidelines has been
modified to bring mention of lower casing and use of dashes to the
beginning, and to slightly emphasize the use of lower case package
names.

 * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:NamingGuidelines#General_Naming
 * https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=Packaging%3ANamingGuidelines&diff=417380&oldid=400817
 * https://fedorahosted.org/fpc/ticket/541
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