[Mageia-dev] Need mentor(s) to become a Mageia packager

Mon Jul 25 13:09:29 CEST 2011

Le 21/07/2011 23:46, Michael Scherer a écrit :
+> Le jeudi 21 juillet 2011 à 16:14 -0400, Vincent a écrit :
+>> Hi All,
+>>
+>> I am still trying to pack ZoneMinder for Cauldron.
+>> Now rpms are generated and rpmlint is not complaining, but I am still
+>> sure, it's not OK :) , that's why I need help.
+>> Attached is the spec file, if somebody could have a look.
+>>
+>> Here are my questions:
+>> - where should go the installed files? (Zoneminder provides perl
+>> modules, the site itself, CGI services , doc and conf).
+>
+> conf ->  /etc/ . I would try to see how does others distribution, to have
+> at least a similar path to ease the work of people changing distribution
+>
+> site ->  /var/www/zoneminder. Outside of the webroot, so people can
+> modify it with apache configuration
+Using /var for application code is a remnant of old practices, and a 
+mistake morevoer, as /var is supposed to be for variable files only. 
+You'd better use /usr/share/zoneminder (or a subdirectory) instead.
+
+> apache configuration ->  /etc/httpd/conf.d/webapps.d/ , iirc
+>
+> perl module ->  like the other ( maybe jq can tell us the details )
+The shared perl tree is for perl libraries. Private perl modules are 
+better installed into a private tree, such as /usr/share/zoneminder/lib
+
+> cgi ->  I think there is something in /usr/lib/cgi-bin, not sure. I guess
+> checking other cgi would help.
+cgi can be installed anywhere, provided they are marked as executables 
+in apache configuration.
+
+It's even better to keep cgi under the same web root directory, to make 
+web server ACLs easier.
+
+You can have a look at bugzilla spec file for an exemple of a large perl 
+CGI web application.
+-- 
+BOFH excuse #3:
+
+electromagnetic radiation from satellite debris
+