During the last year I've submitted some game packages for review, and participated in the review of a few games - and one thing that has resulted in a bit of a tug-of-war was the fact that the Games SIG packaging guidelines say "Spec group file: Amusements/Games", whereas the main guidelines say "The group: tag SHOULD NOT be used".
I took a look at "SIG/Games/Packaging" page [1] on the Fedora wiki, and it seems to be quite old - the revision history says the last edit was made in May 2008, which places it at close to 10 years old. Could we possibly revise the packaging guidelines to make sure they don't contradict the general guidelines - and if they do, have a clear "yes, this contradicts the main guidelines, do it either way" message? I imagine there might be some other issues on the wiki page that need tweaking - e.g. I don't see all the games I have installed on my system following the "OpenGL wrapper" section. Is this something that's no longer done, or does it still apply and it's the packages that should be fixed?
Thanks, A.I.
On 3/28/18 1:17 PM, Artur Iwicki wrote:
During the last year I've submitted some game packages for review, and participated in the review of a few games - and one thing that has resulted in a bit of a tug-of-war was the fact that the Games SIG packaging guidelines say "Spec group file: Amusements/Games", whereas the main guidelines say "The group: tag SHOULD NOT be used".
Good catch. I've removed the offending guideline from the Games wiki page.
I took a look at "SIG/Games/Packaging" page [1] on the Fedora wiki, and it seems to be quite old - the revision history says the last edit was made in May 2008, which places it at close to 10 years old. Could we possibly revise the packaging guidelines to make sure they don't contradict the general guidelines - and if they do, have a clear "yes, this contradicts the main guidelines, do it either way" message?
I'd be happy to make any changes needed if folks point them out.
--Mike
On 03/28/2018 02:21 PM, Michael Thomas wrote:
On 3/28/18 1:17 PM, Artur Iwicki wrote:
I took a look at "SIG/Games/Packaging" page [1] on the Fedora wiki, and it seems to be quite old - the revision history says the last edit was made in May 2008, which places it at close to 10 years old. Could we possibly revise the packaging guidelines to make sure they don't contradict the general guidelines - and if they do, have a clear "yes, this contradicts the main guidelines, do it either way" message?
I'd be happy to make any changes needed if folks point them out.
I am +1 to making modern revisions to this SIG's guidelines, but I am unable to offer much technical insight for these changes.
In May 2008, Windows XP / Vista were in wide use, Steam was not yet in the eye of the mainstream gaming world, and Fedora was approaching five years old. A lot of things in technology, gaming, and Fedora have changed since May 2008. :-)
The best way to move forward, as I see it, is to draft proposed / revised changes. If you have a draft with proposed changes, it is easier to collect feedback on those changes. I am not much of a packager, so I cannot contribute much technical insight. However, I am happy to help gather feedback and formally adopt any new guidelines, once a draft is ready.