openSUSE:Packaging guidelines change process

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Contents 1 Process for changing the packaging guidelines 2 Package Guidelines ToDos 3 Team members

Process for changing the packaging guidelines

For changing of the packaging policies, we will use the following simple process:

Changing of packaging policy:

• send an email to the opensuse-packaging mailing list with a proposal for change. Add to the subject the tag "RFC: Guidelines change"
• discuss the change
• if the change gets accepted by packagers and reviewers, update the wiki pages. Acceptance means: No strong objections within 14 days of the postings.
• if the change can be algorithmically enforced, a rpmlint check is proposed.
• the packaging guidelines team will send a monthly email to opensuse-announce and opensuse-packaging mailing lists to announce changes to the policy (only if there are changes to be announced)
• the packaging guidelines team will support the process and make a decision in case of conflicts.

Package Guidelines ToDos

• Review and improve the package guidelines. Some details:
  • Each page should have a

    [[Category:Packaging documentation]]

    if it is part of the guidelines.
  • There are empty sections on the main packaging guidelines page.
• Monthly announcement of changes
• AI mvyskocil: rewrite the Shared Library Policy to be easier to readable and follow - see User:Mvyskocil/Shared_library_packaging_policy for the proposal.

Team members

The packaging guidelines team currently consists of

• Andreas Jaeger
• Dominique Leuenberger
• Michal Vyskocil
• Sascha Peilicke
• Ludwig Nussel
• Togan Muftuoglu
• Dirk Müller

You can reach them via mail on the:

• opensuse-packaging@opensuse.org - openSUSE packaging mailing list.
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