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= Fedora Package Maintainers

Fedora Packages are maintained collectively
by a community of both Red Hat members and volunteers.

Fedora package maintenance is governed by policies enacted by
xref:fesco::index.adoc[Fedora Engineering Steering Committee (FESCo)].
This documentation site provides supplemental information on tooling and processes,
as well as tutorials, guides and howtos.

[#useful_links_for_package_maintainers]
== Useful links for Package Maintainers

[#get_involved]
=== Get Involved

* xref:Joining_the_Package_Maintainers.adoc[Joining the Package Maintainers]

* xref:Package_Review_Process.adoc[Package Review Process]
— describes the formal review process (for both contributors and reviewers) 

* https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Packaging_SIGs[Packaging SIGs]
— Informal groups of packagers working on specific areas of the distribution

* xref:epel::index.adoc[EPEL]
— Rebuild of Fedora packages for RHEL or compatible derivatives

[#packaging_guidelines]
=== Packaging Guidelines

The https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging_Committee[Packaging Committee] handles the rules
and xref:packaging-guidelines::index.adoc[Packaging Guidelines]
for writing SPEC files for software in Fedora.

[#introduction_to_packaging]
=== Introduction to packaging

* https://rpm.org/max-rpm-snapshot/[Maximum RPM Book]
— most detailed, but slightly obsolete.

* https://rpm-packaging-guide.github.io/[RPM Packaging Guide]
— an in-depth guide to RPM.

[#procedures_policies_and_guides]
=== Procedures, Policies and Guides

* https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Using_Mock_to_test_package_builds[Using Mock to test package builds]

* https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Milestone_freezes[Milestone freezes]
— how the Fedora Beta and Final freezes affect packagers

* xref:releases::lifecycle.adoc[Fedora Release Life Cycle]
— information on the Fedora development process,
particularly various freeze dates and such

[#resources_for_fedora_package_collection_contributors]
=== Resources for Fedora Package Collection contributors

* https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:SIGs?rd=SIGs[SIGs] — Fedora Special Interest Groups

* https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/describecomponents.cgi?product=Fedora[Fedora package components in bugzilla]

* https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/[koji — Fedora Package Build System]

* https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/[bodhi — Fedora Package Update System]

* https://packages.fedoraproject.org/[Fedora Packages]
— Web UI for browsing packages.

* https://packager-dashboard.fedoraproject.org[Fedora Packager Dashboard]
— Service for Fedora package maintainers aiming to provide all relevant data
at a single place in an easy to read and filter way.

* https://calendar.fedoraproject.org/vacation/[Vacation Calendar]
— Add a vacation note if you are going to be unavailable for a few days.

* https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Machine_Resources_For_Package_Maintainers[Test Machines]
— Contributed servers for test, mock build, compile or debug packages before submitting to koji

* https://sourcegraph.com/search?q=context:global+repo:^src\.fedoraproject\.org/rpms/.*%24[Sourcegraph]
— Search across all dist-git repositories.

[#important_mailing_lists]
=== Important Mailing Lists

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* https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/bugzilla-announce-list[bugzilla-announce-list] is where announcements about https://bugzilla.redhat.com[Red Hat Bugzilla] are shared.