On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 5:50 PM, Matt Ford <matt.ford@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi All, > > I am looking at building a fedora package. I have been over guidelines > and taken a look at the build system. What I am not clear on is how I > maintain spec files for different distributions i.e., F12, F11, F10, or > even EPEL. Initially to have a package added in principal it only has to work on rawhide for release with the next release. > > Do I have to branch and maintain each spec file separately or is there a > better way? Are there any tools that abstract the commonality? Do > people try to write spec files that work on any distro with conditionals? > It is true that the separate .spec files are maintained separately. What many people try and do is maintain them as identical, at least at the start. Have a look at: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/DistTag#Conditionals of course with time with different update policies it will happen that say EPEL and rawhide .specs diverge. > Thanks for any wise words, > > Matt. > -- > devel mailing list > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > -- Steve Traylen -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
