Need help for my talk proposal at FOSS.IN

[Michael Schwendt]

On Thu, 5 Oct 2006 17:50:42 +0530, Kushal Das wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Me submitting a talk proposal for FOSS.IN (http://foss.in) on Fedora Extras.
> 
> The current proposal:
> 
> *********************************************************************************************
> "Inside of Fedora Extras"
> 
> Fedora Extras is part of the larger Fedora Project and is a volunteer-based 
> community effort to create a repository of packages that compliment Fedora 
> Core. The Fedora Extras repository is available for Fedora Core 3 and above 
> versions. This repository is enabled by default from Fedora Core 4 onwards.
> 
> Any one can contribute to the Fedora Extras project by following the rules 
> listed at the site.
> The first part of the talk is to clarify these steps one by another giving 
> stress on "Install the Build-System Client Tools ", "Configure Your System 
> for Fedora Extras CVS" 
> The second part will be more technical. Explaining the guidelines with a real 
> application spec file. 
> 
> This will include things like:
> # Naming
> # Legal
> # Writing a package from scratch
> # Modifying an existing package
> # Filesystem Layout
> # Use rpmlint
> # Changelogs
> # Tags
> # Build root tag
> # Requires
> # BuildRequires
> # Summary and description
> # Encoding
> # Documentation
> # Compiler flags
> # Exclusion of Static Libraries
> # Duplication of system libraries
> # Configuration files
> # Desktop files
> # Macros
> 
> *********************************************************************************************
> 
> I need help to refresh the proposal, the last date of submission is coming 
> up..

What help do you need exactly? There's not a single question mark in your
message. Are you a Fedora Extras contributor with hands-on experience? Are
you familiar with the guidelines and processes? Or are you trying to base
your talk on the fragments found in the Fedora Extras Wiki?