Here are the recent changes to the packaging guidelines. Note that there is also a set of Python guideline changes pending which I will send in a separate announcement. ----- Guidelines for making use of weak dependencies (Recommends:, Suggests:, etc.) have been added. *https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:WeakDependencies *https://fedorahosted.org/fpc/ticket/531 ----- The SSL Certificate Handling guidelines were slightly clarified. *https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:SSLCertificateHandling *https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=Packaging%3ASSLCertificateHandling&diff=414415&oldid=412705 *https://fedorahosted.org/fpc/ticket/536 ----- The "Locally running services" section of the Default Services guidelines been clarified. *https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:DefaultServices#Locally_running_services *https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=Packaging%3ADefaultServices&diff=414410&oldid=413672 *https://fedorahosted.org/fpc/ticket/532#comment:6 ----- The guidelines for referencing upstream source were overhauled to include more information about git hosting services. * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:SourceURL * https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=Packaging%3ASourceURL&diff=417378&oldid=372006 * https://fedorahosted.org/fpc/ticket/547 ----- The "General Naming" section of the Package Naming Guidelines has been modified to bring mention of lower casing and use of dashes to the beginning, and to slightly emphasize the use of lower case package names. * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:NamingGuidelines#General_Naming * https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=Packaging%3ANamingGuidelines&diff=417380&oldid=400817 * https://fedorahosted.org/fpc/ticket/541 _______________________________________________ devel-announce mailing list devel-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel-announce -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
