Packaging:Minutes/20081021

Present

 * DenisLeroy (delero)
 * JasonTibbitts (ubertibbs)
 * RalfCorsepius (racor)
 * RexDieter (rdieter)
 * TomCallaway (spot)
 * ToshioKuratomi (abadger1999)

Submitted for FESCo approval
The following proposals were considered:


 * Eclipse plugin guideline modification
 * Reported on-list; archive is at https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-packaging/2008-October/msg00121.html
 * These tweak the guidelines to fix a few typos, clean the templates up a bit and accommodate changes in Eclipse 3.4.
 * The proposal was accepted.


 * Desktop File guideline modification
 * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/TomCallaway/DesktopFileVendor
 * This removes language which many interpreted as requiring most desktop files to be installed with --vendor=fedora.
 * The proposal was accepted.

Other Discussions
The following additional items were discussed; see the logs for full details.


 * Cpack guidelines
 * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingDrafts/CmakeCpack
 * The committee was unclear as to how this applied to packaging guidelines at all, as it seems to contain tips for upstream developers instead of instructions for Fedora packagers.


 * Tweaks to the specfile template for fonts
 * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingDrafts/Fonts_spec_template_correction_(fontconfig)
 * This alters the template for font packages to deal with issues surrounding the /etc/fonts/conf.avail directory.
 * FPC agreed with the proposal but had some suggestions; these will be addressed and the issue will be raised later.


 * New guideline relating to generically named packages and files.
 * Tough to actually write a guideline involving the use of common sense as applied to things like this.
 * Jason will draft a proposal for consideration soon.