From 61000db0bcce33c7c137c927a22f6ab9d926bee1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Panu Matilainen Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2023 13:41:25 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add a blurb about portability expecations to contributing guidelines --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 670a4db1d..36b57dd80 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -157,6 +157,14 @@ used for historical reasons. All public APIs must be documented using Doxygen annotation. +## Portability + +RPM aims to be portable within POSIX compliant systems, the exact version +requirements are documented in INSTALL. However, the primary platform +of RPM is Linux, and that is the only platform supported by the RPM main +development team. Patches to support other OS'es within the POSIX version +requirements are generally accepted though. + ## Translations Translations should be submitted through [Fedora Weblate](https://translate.fedoraproject.org/projects/rpm/),