[fedora-java] Package NetBeans for Fedora

[Colin Walters]

On Wed, 2008-03-19 at 18:35 +0100, Jaroslav Tulach wrote:
> Hi.
> I'd like to package NetBeans Platform and IDE for Fedora. Can someone tell me 
> how to do it? I would personally imagine that I prepare source RPMS, let you 
> know where they are and you will make them available in your repository. 

Fedora has a peer-reviewed process for adding software to the
distribution.  Our model is currently based on .spec files in a common
CVS repository; we do not work in terms of SRPMs, except as a
transmission format during initial review.

> Is 
> that reasonable to expect such kind of cooperation or am I over simplifying?
> 
> To start, I'd like to upload the NetBeans Platform 6.0.1. It requires JavaHelp 
> and swing-layout, so here are links to all the srpms:
> 
> http://www.xelfi.cz/download/dev/SRPMS/javahelp2-2.0.05-2.rpm
> http://www.xelfi.cz/download/dev/SRPMS/swing-layout-1.0.3-0.src.rpm
> http://www.xelfi.cz/download/dev/SRPMS/libnb-platform7-6.0.1-2.src.rpm
> 
> Can you look at these packages and tell me if they are acceptable for Fedora?

Unfortunately the wiki appears to be down so I can't get the link for
you.  But the basic idea is to file a bug at http://bugzilla.redhat.com
in the Fedora product, component "Package Review".  See this bug for an
example:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=433070