On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 13:22:03 -0700, Stephen Smoogen wrote: > What I am wondering is what is the best method for packaging new items > to be fedora compliant? Good question. Superficial answer: Whatever is necessary to create a package that builds, installs, works and erases, too. *What* is necessary exactly depends on the software to be packaged, e.g. whether it comes with a standard "configure" script, whether it accepts modified installation paths or compiler settings, whether additional integration work is needed (e.g. desktop entries, pre-configuration, helper scripts to finalize installation/removal), whether it must be patched for customization, and more things like that. "fedora compliant" == fedora.us compliant? Well, there are a couple of guidelines in the fedora.us Wiki. > Is there a step by step guide or a bunch of wiki articles? Step by step on what exactly? --
