[Fedora-packaging] Are there *any* guidelines for what "Group:" an application should go in?

Patrice Dumas pertusus at free.fr
Thu Sep 18 10:11:04 UTC 2008


On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 11:34:39AM -0700, Toshio Kuratomi wrote:
> Vasile Gaburici wrote:
>> Furthermore, are there any guidelines for the creation of new groups?
>>
> Pretty much no.  We've settled on using comps for grouping of packages  
> rather than the Group: tag.  That said, it's probably best to use one of  
> the existing groups (listed in /usr/share/doc/rpm-%{version}/GROUPS

I have added something along your words here:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/Packaging_Tricks#Recommended_values_for_the_Group:_tag

Please have a look to see if it is right.

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Pat




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