https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182261
--- Comment #30 from Michael Schwendt (Fedora Packager Sponsors Group) <bugs.mich...@gmx.net> --- Some hints: * When offering more than one package and/or a few reviews, you give your potential sponsor(s) more material to examine. That's a good thing. Some sponsors take over the reviewing of _all_ your initial packages. Some will watch/observe your activity in bugzilla anyway and may join with additional comments/guidance. * Many "new" packagers focus on making a package build on their local system and then stop there. So far, so good. Fedora's packaging guidelines are complex and really can be overwhelming. No doubt about that. They also address lots of issues, which can be considered "minor" only. If someone misses such details, it doesn't necessarily make a package BAD. However, it bears a risk that a packager (re)introduces packaging mistakes because of not looking up the guidelines. On the contrary, the guidelines are not complete either. There are lots of packaging pitfalls not covered by them. * Where to start? There's this page, which is like a checklist: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:ReviewGuidelines Read it and try to review *your own* package(s) based on the list of MUST/SHOULD items. * The fedora-review tool automates several checks, especially some that can be important, such as checking licensing of source files. It is there to help you. Concentrate on any real errors it reports, also in the rpmlint section. Examine any warnings and ask about them, if there are questions: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_Rpmlint_issues * After approval of a package, it can get much more difficult depending on how familiar you are with the source code and how much support you get from the upstream authors. There are packagers, who manage to push a package through the review process, but who abandon the package as soon as the first problem reports come in via bugzilla and need activity, such as debugging, patching, forwarding things upstream. * And probably most important, you need to know where to search for information or where to ask for help. A good entry-point in the Wiki for packagers is this: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Package_Maintainers -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug. You are always notified about changes to this product and component _______________________________________________ package-review mailing list package-review@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/package-review
