On 5 February 2013 10:04, Emmanuel Seyman <emmanuel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > * Andrew Wafaa [05/02/2013 09:41] : >> >> Aloha all, >> >> If possible could someone briefly explain the packaging process on >> Fedora, please? As an example, on openSUSE (as that is what I'm >> accustomed to) the process is basically this: >> >> Package is built in a users home repo, once built and tested it is >> then submitted to the appropriate development project with a request >> in the message to go into factory (equivalent to rawhide) -> >> development project accepts/rejects the submission, if accepted the >> package is then submitted to factory for inclusion in the next distro >> release, if rejected clear explanation as to why is given. >> >> What is the equivalent on Fedora? How does mock, koji shadow etc all fit in? > > Nitpick: this probably belongs on another mailing-list (packaging ?) > I agree it could have been asked on a different mailing-list, but my questions are in relation to packaging for ARM :) You're correct in nitpicking though. > A package is built by a packager, preferably in a chroot built by mock. > Once this is built and tested, the spec, patchs and source are commited in git > and tagged,the package is built once again in koji, it is then submitted as an > update to a stable branch or added to rawhide, depending which target was > specified. For a stable branch, the package is put in the updates-testing repo. > > Users have the ability to grade and comment an update. > Nice feature. > Once a sufficient delay has passed, the update is pushed in the updates repo. > Is there any idea on how long the "normal" delay is? Regards, Andy -- Andrew Wafaa IRC: FunkyPenguin GPG: 0x3A36312F _______________________________________________ arm mailing list arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/arm
