On Tue, 2006-01-31 at 20:17 -0500, Paul W. Frields wrote: > I believe some changes are in order for the fedora-doc-common package. > Rather than having this package "roll" forever with a "cvsYYYYMMDD" > designator, I think it will be preferable, both for us and Fedora > Extras, to simply version/release tag the specfile, per normal, and "cvs > tag" the docs-common module with that version/release combo. If you > want to see the current state of the file, look at this URL: > > http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com/viewcvs/docs-common/packaging/fedora-doc-common.spec?viewcvs=docs&view=markup That gen'd a 400 error for me. Regardless, what you propose to me sounds sane and the Right Thing To Do. - Karsten > Currently the %version and %release are provided by the Makefile: > > http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com/viewcvs/docs-common/Makefile?viewcvs=docs&view=markup > > ...but this seems less than optimal, as well as possibly counter to some > normal Fedora Extras policies and practices. In the interest of getting > this package entered (since all other fedora-doc-* packages will depend > thereupon), I want the spec to look as "clean" as possible to a FE > reviewer. By using a real version/release, appending the changelog per > normal, committing any changes and retagging the docs-common module > appropriately, we should have all the recall we need for QA purposes. > > Note that using an "rpm-info.xml" file in this case is probably not > workable since the fedora-doc-common module doesn't build the same way > as any of the documentation. Also note that changes to this package > will probably only be made by a few individuals, making the "exception" > of negligible impact on the overall FDP. > > I've invited Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams, one of FE's staff of reviewers, to > look at (and comment on) the specfile, simply because he has been kind > enough to review some of my packages for FE. (It's like a lottery, only > the prize is more beatings.) > > Any or all comments are welcome and appreciated. > > -- > > fedora-docs-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-docs-list -- Karsten Wade, RHCE * Sr. Tech Writer * http://people.redhat.com/kwade/ gpg fingerprint: 2680 DBFD D968 3141 0115 5F1B D992 0E06 AD0E 0C41 Content Services Fedora Documentation Project http://www.redhat.com/docs http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject
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