#fedora-meeting-1: Fedora Packaging Committee

Meeting summary

1. Roll Call (spot, 16:08:06)
   
2. Requesting a new exception for a /nix directory in the root hierarchy - https://fedorahosted.org/fpc/ticket/180 (spot, 16:11:02)
   1. ACTION: FHS violation rejected, please ask Nix upstream to reconsider their choice of toplevel home to something FHS compliant (e.g. /usr/share/nix). (spot, 16:30:37)
   
   
3. Recommend using %make_install - https://fedorahosted.org/fpc/ticket/183 (spot, 16:32:45)
   1. ACTION: abadger1999's suggestion to amend the language to "Instead, Fedora packages should use: %make_install (Note the "_"!), make DESTDIR=%{buildroot} install or make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install. Those all do the same thing." is approved (+1:6, 0:0, -1:1) (spot, 16:44:34)
   
   
4. Various scriptlets on ScriptletSnippets assume /bin/sh is bash - https://fedorahosted.org/fpc/ticket/184 (spot, 16:45:30)
   1. ACTION: State the obvious, /bin/sh is bash in Fedora. (+1:6, 0:0, -1:0) (spot, 16:48:20)
   
   
5. Open Floor (spot, 16:48:26)

Action items

1. FHS violation rejected, please ask Nix upstream to reconsider their choice of toplevel home to something FHS compliant (e.g. /usr/share/nix).
2. abadger1999's suggestion to amend the language to "Instead, Fedora packages should use: %make_install (Note the "_"!), make DESTDIR=%{buildroot} install or make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install. Those all do the same thing." is approved (+1:6, 0:0, -1:1)
3. State the obvious, /bin/sh is bash in Fedora. (+1:6, 0:0, -1:0)

Action items, by person

1. abadger1999
   1. abadger1999's suggestion to amend the language to "Instead, Fedora packages should use: %make_install (Note the "_"!), make DESTDIR=%{buildroot} install or make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install. Those all do the same thing." is approved (+1:6, 0:0, -1:1)
2. UNASSIGNED
   1. FHS violation rejected, please ask Nix upstream to reconsider their choice of toplevel home to something FHS compliant (e.g. /usr/share/nix).
   2. State the obvious, /bin/sh is bash in Fedora. (+1:6, 0:0, -1:0)

People present (lines said)

1. spot (82)
2. hircus1 (37)
3. limburgher (30)
4. abadger1999 (26)
5. Rathann (23)
6. rdieter (10)
7. geppetto (10)
8. zodbot (3)