Here are the recent changes to the packaging guidelines. ----- A note was added to the Python guidelines indicating that the python2 stack may go away and that upstreams should be contacted about software not yet ported to python3. * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Python#Python_Version_Support * https://pagure.io/packaging-committee/issue/753 ----- The Python guidelines now more clearly indicate that use of %{__python}, %{python_sitelib} and %{python_sitearch} is forbidden. * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Python#Macros * https://pagure.io/packaging-committee/issue/745 ----- Information about the automatic shebang line checking and modification has been added to both the main guidelines and the Python guidelines. * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Shebang_lines * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Python#Multiple_Python_Runtimes * https://pagure.io/packaging-committee/issue/738 ----- The guidelines section relating to architecture support has been updated to reflect the current state of koji's support of ExclusiveArch:/ExcludeArch: in noarch packages. * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Noarch_with_Unported_Dependencies * https://pagure.io/packaging-committee/issue/751 ----- A guideline was added showing how to disable buildroot policy scripts for your package, if necessary: * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#BRP_.28BuildRoot_Policy.29_Scripts * https://pagure.io/packaging-committee/issue/749 ----- The Documentation section of the main guidelines was expanded to include information about reducing build dependencies by building documentation in a separate source package. * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Documentation * https://pagure.io/packaging-committee/issue/715 ----- The AppData guidelines were updated to mention the %_metainfodir macro, which was added to cut down on the need for %if blocks in cross-distro specfiles. * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:AppData#app-data-validate_usage * https://pagure.io/packaging-committee/issue/752 Note that redhat-rpm-config/epel-rpm-macros packages supporting this are in updates-testing, but buildroot overrides are active so you can use the macro in Koji builds now. ----- The section on packaging additional RPM macros has been simplified significantly. * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Packaging_of_Additional_RPM_Macros * https://pagure.io/packaging-committee/issue/601 Note that the epel-rpm-macros package supporting this in EPEL7 is in updates-testing, but a buildroot override is active so you can use the macro in Koji builds now. _______________________________________________ devel-announce mailing list -- devel-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-announce-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
