On 24/08/11 08:46, Stephen Gallagher wrote: > On Tue, 2011-08-23 at 19:11 -0500, Lars Eighner wrote: >> I want lifeline (genealogy program). I don't find it packaged for Fedora 15. >> I do find an OpenSuSE rpm, apparently appropriate for my architecture. >> >> In general, would I be better off using a non-native RPM or compiling it >> myself? > > The optimal solution here would be for you to take the OpenSuSE source > RPM, extract it, modify the spec file so that it corresponds to the > Fedora Packaging Guidelines[1] and then submit it for package review[2] > in Fedora. That way others can use this tool as well. > > [1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines > [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/Join > > Yes, I would like a copy to try here. Bob -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines