2009/11/8 Jonathan Underwood <jonathan.underwood@xxxxxxxxx>: > 2009/11/7 Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs@xxxxxxxxxxx>: >>>>>>> "JU" == Jonathan Underwood <jonathan.underwood@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >> JU> A new draft of the guidelines is here: >> JU> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingDrafts/EmacsPackagingRevised >> >> These do look significantly simpler, which is generally a good thing. >> Is there a good way to see the actual diffs between this and the >> existing guidelines? Or could you summarize them in a bit more detail? >> > > OK, I did diff the original and revised guidelines, but it's not that > easily digested, so I'll attempt a summary. > > Some of the primary concerns with (x)emacs add on packages are: > 1) Correct package and sub-package naming and organization > 2) Installing the files in the right places > 3) Ensuring that the version of (x)emacs that was used to byte compile > the elisp files is a requirement of the package - requiring build time > detection of the (x)emacs version > > With the current guidelines, points 2 and 3 were handled by calling > pkg-config to define macros at add-on package build time. This makes > use of a pkg-config file installed with the (x)emacs package. > > With the revised guidelines we make use of macros in the files > /etc/rpm/macros.[x]emacs to ensure the relevant macros are defined for > add-on package building. This removes the pkg-config complexity and > removes a lot of boilerplate from the spec files. > > That's the main point of the guideline update. > > At the same time I've reorganised the guidelines for clarity and > simplicity. I hope they're a lot easier to follow now. Two extra points: I should have emphasized that the changes to the guidelines are purely about mechanism, and not policy. Nothing has changed with regard to emacs add-on packaging policy in the guidelines. I should also addd, as a sidenote, that the old pkg-config way of doing things still works, as we haven't removed the pkg-config files from the emacs/xemacs packages. So nothing breaks. J. -- Fedora-packaging mailing list Fedora-packaging@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-packaging
