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| {{autolang|base=yes}} | | {{admon/warning |This page has been moved out of the wiki. The current version of this document is located at https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/package-maintainers/ Please update your bookmarks.}} |
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| Fedora Packages are maintained collectively by a community of both Red Hat members and volunteers.
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| {{admon/note|'Extras' redirects to this page.|Since Fedora 7, '''there are no longer separate Core and Extras repositories'''. Packages are maintained by both Red Hat employees and community volunteers in the '''same''' repository.}}
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| == Contributing roles ==
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| {{admon/tip|Contributing roles|This is only a suggestion for contributing roles. Only your imagination sets the limits. }}
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| [[Image:Join_OSDeveloper.png]]<BR>
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| [[Join#OS_Developer|OS Developer]]
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| ==Other useful links for Package Maintainers==
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| ===For Users===
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| * Available Packages:
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| Fedora 13: [http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packages?tagID=108 Everything] | Fedora 12: [http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packages?tagID=105 Everything]
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| === Get Involved ===
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| * [[Join the package collection maintainers]]
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| * [[Package_Review_Process|Package Review Process]] - describes the formal review process (for both contributors and reviewers)
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| * [[:Category:Packaging_SIGs| Packaging SIGs]] - Informal groups of packagers working on specific areas of the distribution
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| * [[EPEL| EPEL]] - Rebuild of Fedora packages for RHEL or compatible derivatives
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| === Packaging Committee===
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| The [[Packaging:Committee| Packaging Committee]] handles the rules and [[:Category:Packaging guidelines|guidelines for packaging]] software in Fedora. The most important ones:
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| [[Packaging:Guidelines| Packaging Guidelines]] | [[Packaging:LicensingGuidelines |Licensing Guidelines]] | [[Packaging:NamingGuidelines| Package Naming Guidelines]] | [[Packaging:DistTag| Dist Tag Guidelines]] | [[Packaging:ReviewGuidelines| Package Review Guidelines]] | [[Packaging:ScriptletSnippets| Recipes for RPM post scripts]]
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| === Further reading ===
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| * [[How to create an RPM package]] - start here if you don't know how to create an RPM package
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| * [http://rpm.org/max-rpm-snapshot/ Maximum RPM Book] - most detailed, but slightly obsolete
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| * [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/A_Short_RPM_Tutorial A short tutorial] - for those of us with shorter attention spans, preferring ''less'' detail
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| * [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/drafts/rpm-guide-en/ RPM Guide] - an in-depth guide to RPM
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| * [[Docs/Drafts/BuildingPackagesGuide | Building Packages Guide]] - Work through these examples, you'll learn a lot.
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| * [[How to create a GNU Hello RPM package]] - A quick How-To about getting started with package building.
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| * [[https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Updates_Policy Package Update Policy]] - Policy for when to push updates to packages and when not to.
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| === Resources for Fedora Package Collection contributors ===
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| * [[SIGs| SIGs]] - Fedora Special Interest Groups
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| * [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/describecomponents.cgi?product=Fedora Fedora package components in bugzilla]
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| * [http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/ koji - Fedora Package Build System] / [https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/ Secure connection with Fedora User Cert]
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| * [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb Fedora Package Database]
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| * [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates bodhi - Fedora Package Update System]
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| * [[ReleaseEngineering| RPM Repository Admin requests]] - Repository and CVS status pages for requesting manual copies and removals of packages
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| * [[Vacation| Vacation Notice]] - Add a vacation note if you are going to be unavailable for a few days.
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| * [[Test Machine Resources For Package Maintainers | Test Machines]] - Contributed servers for test, mock build, compile or debug packages before submitting to koji
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| * [[Fedorapeople_Repos]] - A place to host various personal repos
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| === Important Mailing Lists ===
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| * [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel-announce devel-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org] is a low traffic, announcements only, list, where important development information is posted.
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| * [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel devel@lists.fedoraproject.org] is a high traffic mailing list, where discussions about the development of Fedora are held.
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| * [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/package-announce package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org] is a very high traffic mailing list, where notifications are given for all the commits in any package in the Fedora repository. Note that the Fedora package database sends commit mails for packages you (co-)maintain.
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| * [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/packaging packaging@lists.fedoraproject.org] is the mailing list of the [[Packaging:Committee |Fedora Packaging Committee]], who determine the official packaging guidelines for Fedora projects.
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| === Fedora Engineering Steering Committee (FESCo) ===
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| Fedora technical management is organized by the [[Fedora_Engineering_Steering_Committee |Fedora Engineering Steering Committee (FESCo)]].
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| * [[Development/SteeringCommittee| FESCo Members]] | [[Development/Schedule| FESCo's current schedule]] | [[Development/SteeringCommittee/Meetings| Summaries from the past FESCo meetings]]
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| * [[Development/Schedule/IdeasContainer| Ideas Container to collect long term ideas]] (feel free to add things here!)
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