adjusting summary (blocking FE_NEEDSPONSOR is sufficient). :)

A few quick comments:

1. BuildRoot:      /tmp/spicebird
Use one of the suggested buildroots in the packaging guidelines.

2.  Source0:        spicebird-0.4.source.tar.bz2
This should be a full URL

3.  Release:        0%{?dist}
Start with 1

4.  MOZ_OPT_FLAGS=$(echo 
$RPM_OPT_FLAGS | %{__sed} -e 's/-O2/-Os/' -e 's/-Wall//')
ill-advised.  I'd recommend omitting this.

Also, good idea to try a scratch build in koji (I can help on irc if you don't 
know how to do that).

koji build --background --scratch dist-f9 spicebird-0.4-0.fc8.src.rpm
http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=592747
failed.

looks like you need at least:
BuildRequires: python

Fix that and the (1-4) items above, and then we can try another scratch build.

Got all fixed but #1.  Have to get server up to host file.  

New SPEC file: http://www.mediafire.com/?xn9o5m3x40p
New SRPM: http://www.mediafire.com/?eymdzdfmnmd

http://www.spicebird.com for those who want to check it out

Doing a local mock build now, seeing this:

c++ -o 
nsProxyEventObject.o -c -I../../../dist/include/system_wrappers -include ../../../config/gcc_hidden.h -D_IMPL_NS_COM -DEXPORT_XPTC_API -DMOZILLA_INTERNAL_API -DOSTYPE=\"Linux2.6.23.15-80\" -DOSARCH=Linux -I/xpcom/threads/ -I./../../reflect/xptinfo/src -I../../../dist/include/string -I../../../dist/include   -I../../../dist/include/xpcom -I../../../dist/include/nspr        -fPIC   -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -Wall -Wconversion -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Woverloaded-virtual -Wsynth -Wno-ctor-dtor-privacy -Wno-non-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long -pedantic -fshort-wchar -pthread -pipe  -DNDEBUG -DTRIMMED -O   -DMOZILLA_CLIENT -include ../../../mozilla-config.h -Wp,-MD,.deps/nsProxyEventObject.pp 
nsProxyEventObject.cpp

looks like optflags aren't being honored, so consider that MUSTFIX item 5.

As discussed on irc
item 6: currently bundles it's own copy of mozilla sources and runtime.  Look 
into using system-provided firefox-devel or xulrunner-devel

Now successfully builds for F8 both i386 and x86_64.  F9 version may have to
wait for release 0.7

New Spec file: http://www.mediafire.com/?mzk4zm9xhm0
New SRPM: http://www.mediafire.com/?it2ylen1big

Link to successful Koji build is
http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=594807

Better, a few more items:
1.  drop
Requires:       desktop-file-utils >= %{desktop_file_utils_version}

2.  don't use /usr/local , should use
/usr/bin/...
/usr/lib/...
instead.

3.  install a .desktop file so the app appears in menus.

1. 2. 3.  Done

New SPEC file: http://www.mediafire.com/?bxtkmcmvdnl
New SRPM file: http://www.mediafire.com/?e2gbmnnjmmj

New build log:
http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/getfile?taskID=600103&name=build.log

ok, pkg looks good, APPROVED.

New Package CVS Request
=======================
Package Name: spicebird
Short Description: mail, calendar and messaging app
Owners: tuxbrewr
Branches: F-8 F-9
InitialCC: 
Cvsextras Commits: yes

cvs done.

I don't know if all the requirements are there, but would you consider
maintaining this in EPEL as well? either el5 or both el4/el5?

spicebird-0.4-2.fc8 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 8

I'll check into the requirements for EPEL.  If I can get it to work I'll
maintain it.

Now that I can look at your checked in spec (I couldn't get the mediafire links
to work right from here), some comments: 

- Since you are ExcludeArching ppc and ppc64, please file a bug and block the
ppcexcludearch bug so that the ppc team knows you need help getting this working
on ppc. Look at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/ReviewGuidelines and
look for the excludearch MUST item. 

- You are shipping your own copy of mozilla from 20071122? What sort of security
implications do we have here? Aren't you going to be potentially vulnerable to
tons of old security issues? As mentioned, can't you use xulrunner or
firefox-devel? 

This release relies on patches to the stock mozilla code base 20071122.  The
patches have been sent upstream and the next version .7 due out mid June should
build against xulrunner.

spicebird-0.4-3.fc8 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 8

spicebird-0.4-3.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 testing repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
 If you want to test the update, you can install it with 
 su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update spicebird'.  You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F8/FEDORA-2008-4960

spicebird-0.4-4.fc8 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 8

spicebird-0.4-5.fc8 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 8

spicebird-0.4-5.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Do you plan to build for f9/devel? 

Typically you should build and test in devel, then when stable push those out
for f9/f8. 

The current version .4 is not compatible with gcc4.3,  version .7 due out this
month will be.  Once it is release will have F9/Devel versions.

Just wanted to make sure devel and 9 were not missed. ;) 
Thanks for the clarification. 

Package Change Request
======================
Package Name: spicebird
Please remove the F-8 branch as it is causing polution see bug #453936.  Leave
the F-9 and Devel branches open as the next release due any day may resolve the
issue, however it only supports xulrunner, so there will be no new release for F8

Well, we typically don't remove branches of anything... can you follow the 
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/PackageEndOfLife
procedure on this for just the F-8 branch? 

(ie, cvs rm the files, add a dead.package with a short description of what
happened, and then mail rel-eng to remove the package from the repos/buildsys)

Let me know if you run into any problems with that...