#599 link to epel 6 and 7 snapshot of Packaging:Python page for reference purposes
Closed: Fixed None Opened 8 years ago by marbu.

I propose to extend Packaging:Python wikipage to include link to snapshot of
this page which is applicable to epel 6 and another one for epel 7.

This would be useful reference for epel project and pyp2rpm tool.

=== Referece ===

See my original post on python-devel list:

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/python-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/XCFQKAXKWDNDWJOMV6VOT3FCLMP7GUU3/

=== Reasoning ===

I think that it would make sense to link older versions of the
guidelines which are valid for epel 6 and 7 like ruby does here:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Ruby

I would help me with this feature request:

https://github.com/fedora-python/pyp2rpm/issues/25


The EPEL guidelines should include this information, not the Fedora guidelines. You can edit the EPEL guidelines page yourself if you like.

Would it make sense to just link epel page from the current fedora one? Even if that was done in the very last section of Packaging:Python page, it would be nice.

My problem is that it's not easy to find this page: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Python_Old

The other problem is that this python_old page doesn't properly describe epel 7, but you are right that this is the problem of epel.

We don't link to the EPEL policy anywhere, if you want this to be easier to find for EPEL policy then you can alter any of the EPEL pages as tibbs said.

I think it would be best to just link to the EPEL guidelines, once, in the main guidelines page somewhere near the top. We have enough work keeping up with Fedora's packaging changes, so really shouldn't try to keep track of every EPEL difference anywhere they might crop up in the various guidelines sections.

I'll go ahead and add something the next time I'm in there.

Thanks a lot for this!

That said, I noticed a typo in the link which makes the it broken, it seems that this:

{{{
[[https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL:Packaging|the EPEL packaging guidelines]]
}}}

should rather be:

{{{
[[EPEL:Packaging|the EPEL packaging guidelines]]
}}}

Yeah, I just fixed that up. My wiki foo isn't particularly good, which is sad given the amount of time I spend in there.

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7 years ago

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