Packaging Committee

Fedora Packaging Committee

Purpose

The Fedora Packaging Committee determines the packaging guidelines for Fedora projects.

The FPC is an independent subcommittee of the Fedora Steering Committee (FESCo).

The FPC will no longer require FESCo ratification of approved drafts/changes, however, any FPC member who feels an approved draft/change would benefit from explicit FESCo review and ratification may request it.

Meetings and Discussions

Meetings

The Fedora Packaging Committee currently meets every other Wednesday at 16:00 UTC, in #fedora-meeting on the FreeNode IRC Network .

Minutes

Meeting minutes are kept at Packaging:Minutes.

Discussions

Discussion and decisions can also take place on the mailing list packaging@lists.fedoraproject.org. The mailing list is open to the public. To subscribe or view the archives, go to http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/packaging/.

Members

• Tom Callaway (chair)
• Jon Ciesla
• Ralf Corsepius
• Rex Dieter
• Hans de Goede
• Toshio Kuratomi
• Xavier Lamien
• Dominik Mierzejewski
• Jason Tibbitts

Agenda

The issues the committee is set to discuss are available at Packaging/GuidelinesTodo.

Guideline Change Procedure

How a Packaging Draft becomes a Fedora Packaging Guideline, in six easy steps!

Step One: Draft Guidelines

All Fedora Packaging Guidelines changes start out as Draft documents. Any Fedora contributor may propose new or amended Packaging Guidelines. To create a new Draft, add a new page under PackagingDrafts on the wiki. Once you're happy with the Draft, add it to the DraftsTodo table . Draft authors are highly encouraged to announce the draft on the fedora-packaging mailing list.

Step Two: Packaging Committee Review

The Packaging Committee will consider items on the DraftsTodo in its weekly meetings and on the mailing list. The meetings and mailing list are open to the public, and Fedora contributors are invited and encouraged to participate (especially if you are a Draft author).

Step Three: Packaging Committee Vote

The Packaging Committee votes on Drafts. A majority quorum is required for a Draft to be ratified by the FPC. Currently, five yes votes are required for Draft approval. Approved drafts are listed in the Action Items section of the GuidelinesTodo table and marked "ratify".

Step Four: FESCo Ratification

FPC approved drafts are presented to the Fedora Steering Committee (aka FESCo) for final ratification. When FESCo approves drafts, the Action Items section of the GuidelinesTodo table is updated, and the item is marked "writeup".

Step Five: Writeup

Once a draft is approved by FESCo , the Draft text is added to the Fedora Packaging Guidelines. The Draft item is then moved from the Action Items section of the GuidelinesTodo table to the Resolved Items section.

Step Six: Announcement

As the final step, the new Packaging Guidelines (or changes to the existing Guidelines) are announced on the fedora-maintainers and fedora-devel mailing lists.