> Why? Rsnapshot and AMANDA are already available, stable, and quite robust.
> They seem to cover just the niches you're aiming at, and the performance and
> security ramifications have already been worked out. Plus, neither requires
> an SQL database, which makes them much more robust.
>
> It's
> On Jul 28, 2014, at 16:18, Derek Pressnall wrote:
>
>
>
> I have a question about contributing a package to Fedora. Is it common for
> the author of an open source package to act as package maintainer? Or is it
> better to have someone else be the package maintainer (who is more
> expe
On 29/07/14 15:45, Derek Pressnall wrote:
For the Source0 URL, since this project is hosted on Github, the URL
that leads to the tar.gz file doesn't contain the tar file name (it is
"https://github.com/derekp7/snebu/tarball/master";, which ends up
creating the tar.gz file name on the fly through
Hi
On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 10:45 AM, Derek Pressnall wrote:
> For the Source0 URL, since this project is hosted on Github, the URL that
> leads to the tar.gz file doesn't contain the tar file name (it is "
> https://github.com/derekp7/snebu/tarball/master";, which ends up creating
> the tar.gz
On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 1:30 AM, Matthias Runge
wrote:
> A few remarks about your spec given at [2]:
> - Source0 should be a valid URL (if possible)
> - in files section, you should use %{_bindir} instead of /usr/bin
> - the same applies to your install section
> - and of course your changelog mu
On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 08:30:10AM +0200, Matthias Runge wrote:
Ok, where do I find a Sponsor? on this list, or is there another
one? Or
is that the whole part where I have to submit the package, open up a bug
report, and reference that here? (I think that's what I got out of the
docs last ti
On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 09:27:12PM -0500, Derek Pressnall wrote:
> > The Fedora packaging process can be a bit tricky the first time
> > around; I'd recommend locating a member of the Fedora Sponsors who is
> > interested in helping you with your first package and showing you the
> > ropes.
>
> Ok
Hi Derek, you can view a detailed list of the available sponsors in
our Fedora accounts system, looking for the packager group and after
clicking in "sponsors" (there are some filters, administrators,
sponsors, users), then choose someone and send an email to him or
her.
One thing more. the best
On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 7:57 PM, Stephen Gallagher
wrote:
> The Fedora packaging process can be a bit tricky the first time
> around; I'd recommend locating a member of the Fedora Sponsors who is
> interested in helping you with your first package and showing you the
> ropes.
>
Ok, where do I fi
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>
> I have a question about contributing a package to Fedora. Is it
> common for the author of an open source package to act as package
> maintainer? Or is it better to have someone else be the packag
On Mon, 28 Jul 2014 15:18:04 -0500
Derek Pressnall wrote:
> I have a question about contributing a package to Fedora. Is it
> common for the author of an open source package to act as package
> maintainer? Or is it better to have someone else be the package
> maintainer (who is more experienced
I have a question about contributing a package to Fedora. Is it common for
the author of an open source package to act as package maintainer? Or is
it better to have someone else be the package maintainer (who is more
experienced with the Fedora build processes)? I'm the author of a backup
utili
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