User:Quaid/Packaging How-to (draft)

This page is a draft only
It is still under construction and content may change. Do not rely on the information on this page.

There is a lot of information scattered across this wiki that teaches how to do packaging. This page is an attempt at pulling together links to all of that content, organized in a useful manner. A step-by-step overview is included to guide a new packager through the process.

Draft status

• Overview step-by-step - NEEDED
• Background "Big Picture" - IN PROGRESS
• Spec file how to - IN PROGRESS
• Organized Packaging pages links:
  • Language specific
  • Tutorials, tips, and how-tos

The big picture

This content is must-read or highly useful relevant to packaging.

• PackagingGuidelines -- the big guide
• Packaging/FrequentlyMadeMistakes
• Special:Prefixindex/Packaging -- every page with the word Packaging in the title

Spec file how-to

The content in this section is from a presentation by Tom 'Spot' Callaway, last updated from the Red Hat Summit 2008.

Language specific help

Perl

• PackagingTips/Perl

Python

• Packaging/Python/Eggs

PHP

• Packaging/PHP

Java

• Packaging/Java

Other

• Packaging/OCaml
• Packaging/Mono