[fedora-java] packaging lessons from FUDCon hackfest?

[Thomas Fitzsimmons]

Andrew Overholt <overholt at redhat.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> * Karsten 'quaid' Wade <kwade at redhat.com> [2008-06-25 10:54]:
>> Andrew, Tom -- where there any insights, lessons, ideas, or other
>> outfalls from that work with Lee?  
>
> Well, the process we went through was quite simple, actually:  list the
> software they were using (in this case it was find all the JARs), determine
> where it came from, and see if it was already packaged.  Moving applications
> onto newer version of libraries so that we're only ever shipping one will
> always be a challenge for ISVs since they're often using some version that
> they imported into their tree at some point in the past.  This is one obvious
> difference between ISV packaging and distribution packaging.  If we get more
> ISVs actually developing _on_ Fedora and more up-to-date dependencies, we may
> be able to help bring everyone's dependencies forward.
>
>> * ISV-specific lessons, tips, etc. ==> target wiki/SIGs/ISV
>
> I really wish we had video-taped Tom and Lee talking.  At the beginning of
> the conversation Lee was unaware of the benefits of being a part of the
> distribution and was wary of relying on dependencies outside of their direct
> control; by the end of the conversation, he was fully in agreement of the
> benefits of being a part of the distribution :)  Tom:  perhaps you could
> write up some of the common arguments by ISVs and the Free Software /
> distribution POV for each of them?

Here's a draft document:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraForISVs

I linked to it from the ISV SIG page:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/ISV#Resources_for_ISVs

Tom