Meeting minutes and full logs of the packaging committee meeting which occurred on 2008-05-20 are online: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Minutes http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Minutes20080520 Executive summary: The following drafts are now official guidelines, having been accepted by FESCO last week: * Recording the upstream status of patches http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingDrafts/PatchUpstreamStatus * Mandatory verification of desktop files http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingDrafts/DesktopVerify These should be written into the guidelines soon if this hasn't already been done by the time you read this. Issues pending FESCO ratification: * Withdrawing the JPackage naming exception. The current exception allowing "jpp" in release strings is at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/JPackagePolicy FPC wishes to withdraw the exemption, thus requiring jpackage-derived packages to meet the regular naming guidelines as any other package. Misc business: * A draft is being worked up regarding the use of alternatives. If you are experienced with the use of alternatives and would like to give input on the issues surrounding alternatives and packaging, please join us on the fedora-packaging mailing list. - J< -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
