Tcl packaging guidelines

Michael Thomas wart at kobold.org
Tue Feb 6 18:42:28 UTC 2007


Following the precedent set by perl, python, and ruby, I've drafted a 
set of proposed guidelines for Tcl packages.

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MichaelThomas/Tcl

The main motivation behind these guidelines is 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=226893

These proposed guidelines will require changes to most of the existing 
Tcl extensions in Fedora, as the installation directory for 
arch-specific packages will need to be changed from %{_libdir} to 
%{_libdir/tcl8.x.  Since Tcl was recently upgraded from 8.4 to 8.5a5 in 
rawhide, this seemed like a suitable time to make such changes.

I'd like to get any feedback on this proposal before I submit it to the 
Fedora packaging committee, hopefully in time so that the changes can be 
made before the F7 release.

--Wart




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