On Dec 5, 2013, at 7:48 AM, Denis Silakov wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> In Prague, we have discussed with Robert that it would be nice to have
> packaging policies in OMV wiki. Currently we have this page:
> https://wiki.openmandriva.org/en/Linux_System_packaging_guidelines
> but this can be considered as a quick start guide, not the detailed policy.
>
> I suggest to import packaging policies from ROSA wiki:
> http://wiki.rosalab.ru/en/index.php/Category:Packaging_Policies
>
> they are based on old MDV documents, but most of them are adopted for modern
> reality. Some of them can be outdated and should be rechecked, but at least
> the following ones should be imported:
> * Libraries policy
> * Perl policy
> * Python policy
> * Ruby policy
> * Web application policy
>
> I wonder what is the best place in OMV wiki for such documents? And does
> anybody want to perform translation of this policy from ROSA to OMV wiki?
>
While there is nothing wrong with clear/accurate/maintained packaging policies
on
a wiki page, there is a need to also describe the means/procedures by which
1) the policy can be modified/amended/clarified
2) the policy is detected/enforced
rpmlint is/was a healthy start but looks only at single packages, with a rather
lenient/loose metric. Many policy violations have a much larger distro scope
that
cannot be implemented in rpmlint meaningfully.
The current means of detection is left to (mostly) casual inspection, and
the current means of enforcement (mostly) is left to rather energetic
negotiations on e-mail lists and (likely, I don't know) irc channels.
hth
73 de Jeff
> --
> Denis Silakov, ROSA Laboratory.
> www.rosalab.ru
>
>
