This question stems from a post on the CentOS mailing list -- a fellow wanted to add a couple items to the EPEL Wishlist but wasn't sure how. I suggested he get a Wiki account and add it himself (probably should have just added it for him, but...). In any case, here's his rant: http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2007-June/083203.html I think I agree with him in spirit that getting a Wiki / FAS account set up is a bit of a daunting process. I pointed him here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/WikiEditing#head-3d4b8815f923a8f137fb466901ca2cf1b567cf0f Which has links pointing to other lists of tasks to do -- it can get rather spaghetti like, especially when you don't understand why you're generating all these SSH keys and GPG keys, etc :) My questions are as follows: 1. Is this the appropriate list to discuss this issue on? 2. Do you guys agree that the signup process is overly complex? Or does the process partially serve to ensure that the candidate is sufficiently motivated and persistent? :) 3. If so, can we discuss a way to simplify it? Alternately... 4. Would maybe reorganizing the documentation for getting an account be the most helpful in the short-term? Also, maybe just a blurb on the EPEL wish list describing an easier way to request package additions there would be helpful. Even if it's just "join the mailing list and ask" or "ask on IRC". This is like a question for epel-devel however. I know one of your guys' overall goals has always been to get more community involvement, so I figured this was a worthwhile question to ask. I know I almost decided that it wasn't worth the effort to join the FP after seeing all those steps for signup when I just wanted to contribute one package initially (I'm happy I didn't bail btw)... I imagine many others feel the same way. Ray PS: I know I haven't proposed any solutions. Still trying to wrap my head around what those might be, but wanted to throw this out there.
