On 09/02/06 at 10:04 +0000, Paul van Tilburg wrote: > On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 10:44:51AM +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > I think we should work on a documentation for upstream developers, named > > "How to be nice to Linux distributions (re)packagers", and explaining > > some common mistakes and ways to make the DD happier, like : > > - don't distribute only as a gem > > - use setup.rb or extconf.rb > > - don't use require '../lib/mylib', use the search path > > etc > > RPA being a generic repackager (well, at least in the past) already > drafted some of this documentation. We can use the information since > IMO it covers all my concerns: > > http://rpa-base.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.cgi?GoodPractices > http://rpa-base.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.cgi?PackagingNitpickChecklist I've started working on http://pkg-ruby-extras.alioth.debian.org/upstream-devs.html
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