Brian Pepple <bpepple <at> fedoraproject.org> writes: > === Packages w/o guidelines === > * FESCo approved a proposal for the Fedora Packaging Committe > (FPC) to determine when guidelines are needed for a type of > packages (ex. java), and will hold all such packages from > entering the package collection until a basic set of guidelines > is approved. *Please note that Java guidelines are up for > approval at next week's FPC meeting. > * For: bpepple, dwmw2, tibbs, nirik, f13, warren, spot, > dgilmore > * Against: jeremy > * Abstain: notting, jwb It's sad that FESCo is abusing the trust of the contributors who elected them by voting for such a resolution, when it's far from clear that Fedora package maintainers in general favor this. See for example: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2008-March/msg01505.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2008-March/msg01612.html My point that this allows anyone to hold progress by coming up with a bogus "draft guideline" which covers dozens of packages which went into Fedora just fine with the generic guidelines (which is exactly what is happening with the Java packages now) was not discussed at all either. And that "Please note that Java guidelines are up for approval at next week's FPC meeting." note is just a red herring, while the problem _may_ indeed be solved for Java soon (and even that is not sure, most likely the draft will have to go through a couple of iterations until it's accepted), there are countless of other areas where this problem can come up. For example OO.o extensions have been mentioned in the meeting. I was intending to get openoffice.org-kde packaged in time for F9, but with the current state of affairs it looks like that ain't gonna happen. Fedora is about showcasing the latest technology, if each time a new technology is introduced, we have to wait months to get a packaging guideline for it, and all packages using the new technology are blocked on that, where does that leave us? Kevin Kofler -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
