Otto Liljalaakso
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Fedora Packages are maintained collectively by a community of both Red Hat members and volunteers.
Fedora package maintenance is governed by policies enacted by 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
Get Involved
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Package Review Process — describes the formal review process (for both contributors and reviewers)
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Packaging SIGs — Informal groups of packagers working on specific areas of the distribution
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EPEL — Rebuild of Fedora packages for RHEL or compatible derivatives
Packaging Guidelines
The Packaging Committee handles the rules and Packaging Guidelines for writing SPEC files for software in Fedora.
Introduction to packaging
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Maximum RPM Book — most detailed, but slightly obsolete.
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RPM Packaging Guide — an in-depth guide to RPM.
Procedures, Policies and Guides
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Milestone freezes — how the Fedora Beta and Final freezes affect packagers
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Fedora Release Life Cycle — information on the Fedora development process, particularly various freeze dates and such
Resources for Fedora Package Collection contributors
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SIGs — Fedora Special Interest Groups
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Fedora Packages — Web UI for browsing packages.
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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.
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Vacation Calendar — Add a vacation note if you are going to be unavailable for a few days.
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Test Machines — Contributed servers for test, mock build, compile or debug packages before submitting to koji
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Sourcegraph — Search across all dist-git repositories.
Important Mailing Lists
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bugzilla-announce-list is where announcements about Red Hat Bugzilla are shared.