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Contributing roles

Contributing roles
This is only suggestions for contributing roles. Only your imagination sets the limits.


OS Developer

Fedora Packages are maintained collectively by a community of both Red Hat members and volunteers.

'Extras' redirects to this page.
Since Fedora 7, there no longer are separate Core and Extras repositories. Packages are maintained by both Red Hat employees and community volunteers in the same repository.

Other useful links for Package Maintainers

For Users

  • Available Packages:

Fedora 12: Everything | Fedora 11: Everything | Fedora 10: Everything

Get Involved

Packaging Committee

The Packaging Committee handles the rules and guidelines for packaging software in Fedora. The most important ones:

Packaging Guidelines | Package Naming Guidelines | Dist Tag Guidelines | Package Review Guidelines | Recipes for RPM post scripts

Further reading

Resources for Fedora Package Collection contributors

Fedora Engineering Steering Committee (FESCo)

Fedora technical management is organized by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee (FESCo).