On Thursday 05 Dec 2013 10:21:51 Jeffrey Johnson wrote: > > 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 Some of them can be outdated and should be rechecked, but 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 Thank you Jeff, this is an excellent point and we should action it. This is QA procedure which should be formalised and published. The same approach should apply to any other standards that are set in that the procedures etc used should be periodically reviewed and amended where required and their proper use be audited. I will start work on the procedural aspect however the audit aspect requires someone with a more intimate knowledge of rpm and it's use.
Colin Close QA Team > > 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 > > >
