RPM package

[scx]

I created a RPM package for QOwnNotes. I know that you already have a RPM SPEC for OBS, but my solution is dedicated to COPR/Koji and supports EL (RHEL, CentOS, Scientific Linux, Oracle Linux) as well as Fedora. I was thinking about improving the current SPEC for OBS, but unfortunately I'm not very familiar with macros for SUSE/openSUSE.

Here are some tips from me (mainly for Fedora builds):

• Use pkgconfig(Qt5Svg) instead of qt5-qtsvg-devel in dependencies. The same applies to other packages.
• Don't forget about %post, %postun and %posttrans sections. Provide dependencies for them (Requires(post), Requires(postun), Requires(posttrans)).
• The %check section is also welcome.
• Use desktop-file-edit to edit desktop files.
• Make use of the AppData file.
• Remember about runtime dependencies (git!).
• Use modern macros: %{autosetup}, %{qmake_qt5}, %{make_build}, %{make_install}, etc.
• Remove obsoleted macros and fields: %defattr, BuildRoot.
• Use %license macro for license.
• Try to use file globbing, especially in %files section.
• GenericName in Desktop file is a generic name of the application, for example "Web Browser", "Text Editor", "Markdown Editor", etc. You shouldn't use the application name here.
• It would be nice if you started using unique three-part identifier everywhere you can. This is important mainly for Fedora and Flatpak builds.

See also:

• COPR repo: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/scx/qownnotes
• Last build: https://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/scx/qownnotes/epel-7-x86_64/00837474-qownnotes
• RPM SPEC: https://pastebin.com/raw/cFL6xnuA
• Updated AppData file: https://pastebin.com/raw/4GUeTWw9
• PR for update AppData file (Flathub): https://github.com/flathub/org.qownnotes.QOwnNotes/pull/6

[pbek]

Thank you very much for all the information! If you want to improve the OBS builds you can also create pull requests to the templates I use to generate the files on OBS: https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/tree/develop/obs