> Hi Tobias, thanks for reaching out! Hey Justin :)
> It's awesome to hear that you want to get more involved with the > packaging process by packaging IntelliJ IDEA (that's actually the Java > IDE I am currently using myself). I'm not as personally familiar with > the packaging process myself, but I can point you to some resources that > you should find helpful for getting started. > > This page has the "full" information about packaging in Fedora and what > it's all about. > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Package_Maintainers Thanks for the overview, quite helpful. > It's a lot to look at, but it has all of the information you'd need on > guidelines for Fedora packaging, rules on licensing, and the next steps > to take after you have an RPM package ready to submit. I do remember > reading about legacy packages, that you'll probably want to first > contact the original maintainer / owner of the package and request to > take over maintainer status of the package if they are no longer interested. I have mailed lkundrak already, but I haven't got an answer so far. But according to https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/group/view/packager?_csrf_token=52669af8508c65afb089c80d37994479ae56e90f I'll be invited if my package is successfully reviewed. > I also remember reading it's encouraged to start with something if it > already exists, but if it's easier to start from scratch, then that > might be best (maybe import the changelog from the previous RPM?). Hm, i'm not sure. E.g. the last commits before the package was retired included a perl script http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/rpms/intellij-idea.git/tree/autoconfig-jdk.pl?h=f16 - and I'm not very familiar with perl, i.e. i probably can't fix it when an complex error occurs. ==> But I guess, I'll find that out if its even necessary. > Again, I am not super familiar with the packaging side of things, but > hopefully the above link and info should help begin pointing you in the > right direction. Some other great places to check out are #fedora-devel > on freenode IRC. There should be some folks there who can help give more > specific answers to specific questions about packaging too. > > Hope you find this helpful! If you have any other questions or need > pointers for more help, don't be afraid to ask and we'll do what we can > to lend a hand. :) thanks again, it was helpful :) _______________________________________________ fedora-join mailing list [email protected] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/[email protected]
