On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Alexander Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Shawn Walker wrote: >> On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 4:20 AM, Luis de Bethencourt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> As a new IPS packager I'm wondering if there are rules/guidelines that >>> _must_ be followed while packaging and if there is a fairly extense >>> HowTo/tutorial. I'm learning with bits and pieces of different places. >>> Something that explained the theory and then gave an example that >>> started in downloading the source, doing the spec file, and onward >>> would help a lot get new package developers/maintainers into the >>> project. >>> >> >> I think you're looking for this: >> >> http://dlc.sun.com/osol/docs/content/IPS/ggcph.html >> > Still, this documentation is REALLY bad comparing to > http://www.us.debian.org/doc/devel-manuals#policy > http://www.us.debian.org/doc/devel-manuals#maint-guide > http://www.us.debian.org/doc/devel-manuals#devref > > It misses some critical sections like packaging policy and manual > (`open&send&close' is not enough).
The primary reason that it doesn't exist is that much of this is still being discussed and decided upon. I would encourage you to participate in the discussions we've been having about tags and attributes, etc. on this mailing list. -- Shawn Walker "To err is human -- and to blame it on a computer is even more so." - Robert Orben _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
