[Mageia-dev] RPM groups policy

Wed Sep 26 00:43:50 CEST 2012

Dear packagers,
+
+Tonight, following the packagers meeting, we agreed on a new RPM group
+policy.
+
+The current policy is described at:
+http://wiki.mageia.org/en/RPM_groups_policy
+
+The new policy is presented at:
+http://wiki.mageia.org/en/Feature:RPMGroupRevamp
+
+This change in policy means that I will take the following actions by
+the end of the week:
+  * update the wikipage http://wiki.mageia.org/en/RPM_groups_policy
+  * patch rpmlint to refuse new packages that do not follow the new
+    policy (I will send another email to -dev just before submitting
+    the new rpmlint).
+  * create a bug report tracking the packages that need to change group.
+  * mail -dev about the packages that are currently in wrong groups
+    (even with respect to the current policy) so that their maintainers
+    can take proper action within 2 weeks. After that, I will change
+    the groups myself
+  * mail -dev about the packages that are correct with respect to
+    current policy but need to be updated to respect the new policy.
+    For these packages, the deadline will be beta1 (12/12) to complete
+    the changes, which means that I will start doing the moves by
+    myself by Alpha 3 (06/11).
+
+I will mail -dev at each step on the way, so don't worry too much now.
+
+I hope the new RPM groups will make it easier for everyone to find
+packages in rpmdrake and other tools. It will be a bit annoying for
+every packager, but it's a good opportunity to revisit many package
+specs before mga3 and make Mageia better.
+
+Cheers,
+-- 
+Malo
+