> Yeah, but if there is some software package I like, I'm more inclined >to install it from source rather than to screw around with rpms... Be >that finding a prebuilt one that's six months out of date or going through >the extra bother to generate rpms. > > I've built rpms before, but the question I'd have then is what would be >expected of me if I ~were~ to maintain a package myself. It's easy for me >to test on AMD64 and (possibly) x86, but I'm not going to be able to >support a package for the Itanic. That's not expected. Maintainers are expected to: - keep the package building on whatever they can and solicit help from people running on minority platforms for testing - monitor the software for updates and security issues - stay current with the expected and intended use for the package - keep abreast of licensing issues with the package. - keep the packaging guidelines applied and cleanly implemented in the package. -sv
