packaging-committee

#143 proposal for adding paragraph into packaging guidelines
Closed: Fixed Opened by mmaslano.

Closed: Fixed
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Could you please add the paragraph below into the Packaging Guidelines? The documentation of whole project is in docs:
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora_Draft_Documentation/0.1/html/Packagers_Guide/Creating_and_Building_Dynamic_Software_Collections.html

=== Software Collection Macros ===
Software Collections (as defined [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SoftwareCollections here]) are
not permitted to be built or enabled in official Fedora packages.

However, Fedora maintainers may choose to include Software Collections macros in official Fedora spec files, '''if and only if''' those macros are not used or enabled in official Fedora package builds.

Packagers who choose to include Software Collections macros must also include the following comment at the beginning of the package spec file:

This package contains macros that provide functionality relating to

Software Collections. These macros are not used in default

Fedora builds, and should not be blindly copied or enabled.

Specifically, the "scl" macro must not be defined in official

Fedora

builds. For more information, see:

http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora_Draft_Documentation/0.1/html/Packagers_Guide/Creating_and_Building_Dynamic_Software_Collections.html

Draft approved (+1:5, 0:1, -1:0)

Announcement text:

An informational note about Software Collection macros in Fedora Packages was added:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Software_Collection_Macros

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