Hi! I need a sponsor - package it first ;-)

[David Timms]

masch wrote:
> HI!
> I will try to help us with excellent idea of RPM FUSION. My first idea
> is to add SubDownloder. It's an  excellent program to download
> subtitles for videos, the home is:
> http://code.google.com/p/subdownloader/.
> How should i proceed to do it?

- first read through: http://rpmfusion.org/
- get on the mailing lists
   -  notice that the spec should follow the fedora guidelines minus the 
rpmfusion exceptions. {I think this means a fedora specific package 
rather than a one size spec fits all distros with ifdefs}
- create a .spec file for your package
- rpmbuild -ba your.spec
- rpmlint .src.rpm and bin.rpm
   - check google and if no luck, request assist on the mailing list if 
you can't get it building at all or have other problems.
- when built - test install on your machine
- test build and install on a minimal machine or with mock and make sure 
everything about the package still works on your machines to help with 
requires and build requires.
- post your .spec and built .src.rpm on the internet
- create a review request in bugzilla including links to the posted files
- respond in a timely manner to bugzilla queries

ps. I am new here, but after packaging one simple app for fedora, this 
is my understanding of how to go about it.

David Timms.