Issue #143: proposal for adding paragraph into packaging guidelines - packaging-committee

packaging-committee

#143 proposal for adding paragraph into packaging guidelines

Closed: Fixed None Opened 12 years ago by mmaslano.

Could you please add the paragraph below into the Packaging Guidelines? The documentation of whole project is in docs:
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora_Draft_Documentation/0.1/html/Packagers_Guide/Creating_and_Building_Dynamic_Software_Collections.html

=== Software Collection Macros ===
Software Collections (as defined [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SoftwareCollections here]) are
not permitted to be built or enabled in official Fedora packages.

However, Fedora maintainers may choose to include Software Collections macros in official Fedora spec files, '''if and only if''' those macros are not used or enabled in official Fedora package builds.

Packagers who choose to include Software Collections macros must also include the following comment at the beginning of the package spec file:


This package contains macros that provide functionality relating to
Software Collections. These macros are not used in default
Fedora builds, and should not be blindly copied or enabled.
Specifically, the "scl" macro must not be defined in official
Fedora
builds. For more information, see:
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora_Draft_Documentation/0.1/html/Packagers_Guide/Creating_and_Building_Dynamic_Software_Collections.html