Review Swap: libndn-cxx

2015-08-22 Thread susmit shannigrahi
Hi, I am looking for reviews for libndn-cxx and I'll review a package in return. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1255973 Named Data Networking (NDN) is a content based Future Internet Architecture. This library provides the primitives to develop applications for NDN. Thanks! -- Reg

Re: Question regarding RPM packaging of interactive software.

2011-01-11 Thread susmit shannigrahi
>> Given the size of the wiki, I am surprised that there is no >> documentation in this regard. >> I have started one: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/FAQ > > I don't think spreading out the information without any references from > anywhere else is useful.  If this needs to be documented,

Re: Question regarding RPM packaging of interactive software.

2011-01-10 Thread susmit shannigrahi
> I think, just in case it's not clear, that the typical way this should > be handled is that on installation the software should not create the > necessary database; instead the creation process should be documented > for the user to complete manually. So when the software is packaged, > there's n

Re: Question regarding RPM packaging of interactive software.

2011-01-09 Thread susmit shannigrahi
> My understanding was that we never touch databases in RPMs, period.  We > don't create, modify, update, or remove.  I can't recall at the moment > where this stems from, but the rationale, as I recall, was that we can > never be sure if the database is available at RPM install/upgrade time. > Plu

Re: Question regarding RPM packaging of interactive software.

2011-01-08 Thread susmit shannigrahi
On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Kevin Kofler wrote: > susmit shannigrahi wrote: >> For subsequent installations (if tried), it simply overwrites the >> database. In this process, it asks the user whether to overwrite the >> DB or not. > > And what happens if you say

Re: Question regarding RPM packaging of interactive software.

2011-01-08 Thread susmit shannigrahi
> Yes but you are better off explaining what the specifically requires user > interaction and we can potentially suggest good ways of handling it to > upstream This software (gnumed-server, which is not yet in bugzilla) uses a postgres database for storing data. For subsequent installations (if t

Question regarding RPM packaging of interactive software.

2011-01-08 Thread susmit shannigrahi
Hi, Sorry if this has been discussed before, but I can not find much about this. What is Fedora's policy regarding RPM packaging of software that needs user interaction during installation? Is it to be patched and made non-interactive? Thanks. -- Regards, Susmit. =