Re: packaging guidelines: update request of immutable wiki page

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On Wed, 2006-12-13 at 11:49 +1100, David Timms wrote:
> Till Maas wrote:
> > On Saturday 09 December 2006 12:06, David Timms wrote:
> >> Hi, I would like to request an adjustment to the extras wiki for
> >> packaging guidelines. Specifically I found it time consuming to find the
> >> key information on how to actually set up my machine to start developing
> >> packages. Here is a draft:
> > 
> >> Any comments ? (I included a diff if it's OK to go.)
> > 
> > I like the text, but I think a better place for this is, since it is not a 
> > guideline and probably only interesting for new maintainers:
> > 
> > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras/Contributors#head-13142b777abfa0f7ab40a339923ad34f5bba40ce
> > 
> > And maybe this page can be renamed to maintainer because it seems to me that 
> > maintainers are only on kind of contributors. Peoply who report bugs or 
> > translate stuff are contributors, too, for example.
> OK, I agree it fits better on the contributors page, probably at the end 
> of the Make a Package section. Also, Extras/MainPagePackaging
> 
> I'm still thinking that the Packaging/Guidelines could specifically 
> mention the Contributors page, since people should be informed that it 
> exists, and should probably be referring to it during package 
> development. It would then become a one liner section.
> 
> Perhaps this is against the grain of the "solid as brick" 
> PackagingGuidelines notion ? But if I am creating a package I think it 
> wise for the PG to direct me to the 'how' as well ? {increased 
> productivity, standardized way of doing things}
> 
> ps. If there is no further comment within a few days, I'll update the 
> editable pages, or should I just do it anyway, and let the changes be 
> reviewed through any adjustments/correction being made through other 
> people edits ?

Just do it.  No one's objected yet and those who watch the wiki will get
a second chance once you make your changes.

-Toshio

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