[Bug 225627] Merge Review: bsf

Fri Jul 6 21:26:48 UTC 2007

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Summary: Merge Review: bsf

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=225627

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            Product|Fedora Extras               |Fedora

------- Additional Comments From pcheung at redhat.com  2007-07-06 17:26 EST -------
(In reply to comment #2)
> MUST:
> * package is named appropriately
>  - match upstream tarball or project name
>  - try to match previous incarnations in other distributions/packagers for
> consistency
>  - specfile should be %{name}.spec
>  - non-numeric characters should only be used in Release (ie. cvs or
>    something)
>  - for non-numerics (pre-release, CVS snapshots, etc.), see
>    http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/NamingGuidelines#PackageRelease
>  - if case sensitivity is requested by upstream or you feel it should be
>    not just lowercase, do so; otherwise, use all lower case for the name
> OK
> * is it legal for Fedora to distribute this?
>  - OSI-approved
>  - not a kernel module
>  - not shareware
>  - is it covered by patents?
>  - it *probably* shouldn't be an emulator
>  - no binary firmware
> OK
> * license field matches the actual license.
> OK
> * license is open source-compatible.
> OK
> * specfile name matches %{name}
> OK
> * verify source and patches (md5sum matches upstream, know what the patches do)
>  - if upstream doesn't release source drops, put *clear* instructions on
>    how to generate the the source drop; ie. 
>   # svn export blah/tag blah
>   # tar cjf blah-version-src.tar.bz2 blah
> X link for Source0 is dead, and the version for the project does not exist on
> the project's webpage.
The project is at 2.4 currently and there's no archive of old sources. I asked
on their mailing list about a 2.3 source tar ball, but people on the mailing
list were not sure where 2.3 source tar ball can be fetched from.  
> * skim the summary and description for typos, etc.
> * correct buildroot
>  - should be:
>    %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
> OK
> * if %{?dist} is used, it should be in that form (note the ? and %
> locations)
> OK
> * license text included in package and marked with %doc
> X do not include the install or build instructions
Done
> * keep old changelog entries; use judgement when removing (too old?
> useless?)
> OK
> * packages meets FHS (http://www.pathname.com/fhs/)
> OK
> * rpmlint on <this package>.srpm gives no output
> 
> rpmlint bsf-2.3.0-11jpp.2.src.rpm 
> W: bsf non-standard-group Development/Libraries/Java
> OK, group warnings can be ignored
> 
> * changelog should be in a proper format:
> OK
> * Packager tag should not be used
> OK
> * Vendor tag should not be used
> OK
> * Distribution tag should not be used
> OK
> * use License and not Copyright 
> OK
> * Summary tag should not end in a period
> OK
> * if possible, replace PreReq with Requires(pre) and/or Requires(post)
> OK
> * specfile is legible
>  - this is largely subjective; use your judgement
> * package successfully compiles and builds on at least x86
> OK
> * BuildRequires are proper
>  - builds in mock will flush out problems here
> Have not yet built in mock
>  - the following packages don't need to be listed in BuildRequires:
>    bash
>    bzip2
>    coreutils
>    cpio
>    diffutils
>    fedora-release (and/or redhat-release)
>    gcc
>    gcc-c++
>    gzip
>    make
>    patch
>    perl
>    redhat-rpm-config
>    rpm-build
>    sed
>    tar
>    unzip
>    which
> OK
> * summary should be a short and concise description of the package
> OK
> * description expands upon summary (don't include installation
> instructions)
> OK
> * make sure description lines are <= 80 characters
> OK
> * specfile written in American English
> OK
> * make a -doc sub-package if necessary
>  - see
>   
>
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines#head-9bbfa57478f0460c6160947a6bf795249488182b
> OK
> * packages including libraries should exclude static libraries if possible
> * don't use rpath
> * config files should usually be marked with %config(noreplace)
> * GUI apps should contain .desktop files
> OK, not a gui app
> * should the package contain a -devel sub-package?
> OK, it shouldn't have one
> * use macros appropriately and consistently
>  - ie. %{buildroot} and %{optflags} vs. $RPM_BUILD_ROOT and $RPM_OPT_FLAGS
> OK
> * don't use %makeinstall
> OK
> * install section must begin with rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT or %{buildroot}
> OK
> * locale data handling correct (find_lang)
>  - if translations included, add BR: gettext and use %find_lang %{name} at the
>    end of %install
> OK
> * consider using cp -p to preserve timestamps
> OK
> * split Requires(pre,post) into two separate lines
> OK
> * package should probably not be relocatable
> OK
> * package contains code
>  - see http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines#CodeVsContent
>  - in general, there should be no offensive content
> OK
> * package should own all directories and files
> X package needs to require jpackage-utils as this package owns
/usr/share/java[doc]
Done
> * there should be no %files duplicates
> X please get rid of the %ghost javadoc
Done
> 
> * file permissions should be okay; %defattrs should be present
> OK
> * %clean should be present
> OK
> * %doc files should not affect runtime
> * if it is a web apps, it should be in /usr/share/%{name} and *not* /var/www
> * verify the final provides and requires of the binary RPMs
> * run rpmlint on the binary RPMs
> 
> rpmlint /home/matt/topdir/RPMS/i386/bsf-2.3.0-11jpp.2.i386.rpm
> W: bsf non-standard-group Development/Libraries/Java
> W: bsf unstripped-binary-or-object /usr/lib/gcj/bsf/bsf-2.3.0.jar.so
> 
> rpmlint /home/matt/topdir/RPMS/i386/bsf-javadoc-2.3.0-11jpp.2.i386.rpm
> W: bsf-javadoc non-standard-group Development/Documentation
> OK, group warnings can be ignored
> 
> 
> SHOULD:
> * package should include license text in the package and mark it with %doc
> OK
> * package should build on i386
> OK
> * package should build in mock
> 
> 

New spec file in cvs.

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