Proposed Fedora packaging guideline: More Go packaging

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Hi,

I am proposing for inclusion a set of rpm technical files aimed at automating the packaging of forge-hosted projects.

- Packaging draft: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/More_Go_packaging
- https://pagure.io/packaging-committee/issue/734
- go-srpm-macros RFE with the technical files: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1526721

This proposal is integrated with and depends on the https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Forge-hosted_projects_packaging_automation draft
It builds on the hard work of the Go SIG and reuses the rpm automation of https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingDrafts/Go when it exists, and produces compatible packages. 

What it does:

- drastically shorter spec files, up to 90% in some cases, often removing hundreds of lines per spec.
- simple, packager-friendly spec syntax
- automated package naming derived from the native identifier (import path). No more packages names without any relation with current upstream naming.
- working Go autoprovides. No forgotten provides anymore.
- working Go autorequires. No forgotten requires anymore.
- strict automated directory ownership (used by autorequires and autoprovides).
- centralized computation of source URLs (via Forge-hosted projects packaging automation). No more packages lacking guidelines. No more broken guidelines no one notices.
- easy switch between commits, tags and releases (via Forge-hosted projects packaging automation). No more packages stuck on commits when upstream starts releasing.
- guidelines-compliant automated snapshot naming, including snapshot timestamps (via Forge-hosted projects packaging automation). No more packages stuck in 2014.
- guidelines-compliant bootstraping.
- systematic use of the Go switches defined by the Go maintainer. Easy to do changes followed by a mass rebuild.
- flexibility, do the right thing transparently by default, leave room for special cases and overrides.
- no bundling (a.k.a. vendoring) due to the pain of packaging one more Go dependency.
- centralized Go macros that can be audited and enhanced over time.
- aggressive leverage of upstream unit tests to detect quickly broken code.

Please consult packaging draft for full information.

The proposal has been tested in Rawhide and EL7 over a set of ~ 140 Go packages. This set is a mix of current Fedora packages, bumped to a more recent version, rewrites of Fedora packages, and completely new packages. 

I hope posting the second part of the automation will answer some questions people had on the https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Forge-hosted_projects_packaging_automation draft

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Mailhot
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