Fedora Package Maintainers
Fedora Packages are maintained collectively by a community of both Red Hat members and volunteers.
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 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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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
Important Mailing Lists
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devel-announce is a low traffic, announcements only list where important development information is posted.
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devel is a high traffic mailing list where discussions about the development of Fedora are held.
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packaging is the mailing list of the Fedora Packaging Committee, who determine the official packaging guidelines for Fedora projects.
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bugzilla-announce-list is where announcements about Red Hat Bugzilla are shared.
Fedora Engineering Steering Committee (FESCo)
Fedora technical management is organized by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee (FESCo).