Re: Why Redhat and Fedora create rpms differently

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On Fri, 2019-10-25 at 10:32 -0400, David Cantrell wrote:
> On 10/25/19 10:20 AM, Code Zombie wrote:
> > Just trying to get started with packaging. I started with a pretty big 
> > app, and looking through tutorials, it seems Fedora and Redhat use 
> > different ways to create rpms. I am a bit confused,  seems complicated. 
> > Which one will work on Fedora?
> > 
> > Some mentioned docs :
> > 
> > Fedora:
> > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/creating-rpm-packages/
> > 
> > Redhat:
> > https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2019/03/18/rpm-packaging-guide-creating-rpm/
> > 
> > I think it would be nice if the example apps were more realistic, e.g. 
> > considering dependencies, etc.
> 
> There are two main categories of packaging in the world of Fedora and 
> Red Hat:
> 
> * How we package things included with the distribution
> * How users package things on their systems
> 
> The developers.redhat.com article you linked to is aimed at users doing 
> the latter.  It is entirely valid and is part of the workflow that a lot 
> of admins and developers follow.  But it is not how we package things 
> for inclusion in Fedora.
> 
> For packages that go in to the distribution, we have the packaging 
> policies.  The Fedora packaging policy and guide are the best place to 
> start if you are interested in maintaining packages in Fedora or adding 
> new packages.
> 
> I recommend looking at any of the existing packages in the distribution 
> for some examples, all of those can be found on src.fedoraproject.org/rpms

Note that when you follow the Fedora process, most of the stuff from
the redhat.com blog post *happens*...it just happens on a remote
system, or is wrapped by another command. Think of the Fedora process
as being a way to apply things like centralized building and source
control to the basic process described in the redhat.com blog post,
because that's more or less what's going on.
-- 
Adam Williamson
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