On Tue, 2007-10-30 at 07:40 +0100, Hans de Goede wrote:
Mark wrote:
>>> Packaging is not a free thing. It takes time energy and someone who is
>>> going to deal with it. Most people who have packages are usually
>>> swamped as it is... so if you see something you would like to get into
>>> Fedora.. first check to see if someone is already packaging it, and
>>> then volunteer to do it yourself (or help someone who can). Otherwise
>>> its not going to happen.
>> Plus, there's a little fame if not fortune, and usually a few people
>> willing to help.
>>
>> I'd be willing to be that if you can *use* netbeans, you can certainly
>> learn to *package* netbeans, and as an avid user, you're in excellent
>> position to make sure the package actually works. :)
>>
>> -Eric
>
> I can't make RPM packages from scratch so therefore i think it's best
> to leave that to a professional RPM packager. But if noone else is
> willing to do it than i would like to give it a try.. and i probably
> need a lot of help along the way.
>
> So is anyone up to this? or is there someone that is willing to help
> me with this? i have nearly no rpm packaging experience. (i edited
> specs before and compiled the package but i didn't made a spec from
> scratch)
>
I think that having netbeans in Fedora would be great, so I'm wlling to help
were I can (I already maintain 170+ packages). But my java packaging experience
is limited. Are there any jpackage people here who are also willing to help?
Nicolas? Ville?
Also if I were you I would start with trying to get it to compile on F-8 using
icedtea, don't worry about packaging yet, first just try to get it to compile
and run from the released sources?
(Are the sources complete?)
Might I refer people to JPackage's packaging guidelines for Java-based
packages (which, I'm hoping, Fedora will officially adopt or, better
yet, officially defer to).
http://www.jpackage.org/develdocs.php
and
http://www.jpackage.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/*checkout*/src/jpackage-utils/...
Sidenote: If or when we get around to rediscussing multi-arch packaging,
I vote that Java packages and mono be considered so that packaging
guidelines for them in Fedora can be set in stone. (Or, at least, a page
on the wiki be established that people can be referred to and can
evolve).
--
Richi Plana