There are some questions I face every time I create a submitreq against a package created by Novell/SUSE. a) ready file: If I remember correctly this is imported from the old autobuild. I can and even should remove it, true? b) Changelog: It's common that there is a .changes file but at the same time the spec file has a copy of it. I can and even should remove the changelog from the spec file and continue editing the .changes file, true? c) The copyright headers: what about them? I suppose they were created automatically... now they just are a problem to me. - Are they really needed??? I would really prefer them to be removed. I don't have any problem asigning copyright to openSUSE or Novell, but if they can be removed it's something less to worry about. If aren't removed - I found one that says "Copyright (c) 2007"... should I change it to "Copyright (c) 2007-2009" or to "Copyright (c) 2009"? Any specific format? I don't really know if it's important from a law POV. - "spec file for package <package> (Version <version>)". I really hate to have an extra place where I need to change the version, it's really needed? d) "# norootforbuild". It's normally there. http://en.opensuse.org/Packaging/SUSE_Package_Conventions/RPM_Style#1.2._nor... says it's obsolete. There are places where it's used: http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/Packaging/Simple_library_package . Just for uniformity, we keep or remove it? What "obsolete" means? Is rpmbuild ignoring it? -) %description... well, this hasn't nothing to do with old Novell/SUSE packages. But since I'm writing this. There is any policy about the line length? I normally use 80 chars lines, manually. Not sure if kwrite/kate can help with this. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+help@opensuse.org