On Fri, 2007-01-05 at 10:19 +0100, Michael Schwendt wrote: > On Wed, 03 Jan 2007 20:46:54 +0100, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > find below the list of topics that are likely to come up in the next > > FESCo meeting that scheduled for tomorrow, Thursday at 18:00 UTC in > > #fedora-extras on irc.freenode.org. > > > > > /topic FESCO-Meeting -- EPEL -- mmcgrath, dgilmore -- EPEL doesn't really lift of -- what do? > > > > EPEL steering and status update coverage is non-existant. That's IMHO, at > least. > > One benefit of stepping down from FESCO and not lurking 24/7 on IRC is > that I can observe things from the perspective of an ordinary contributor > with the risk of being subscribed to the wrong mailing-lists. > > So, what do I know about EPEL? extras.108.redhat.com is dead, at least on > the mailing-list. Not enough momentum [and decision-power] from those who > wanted to lift it off. EPEL owners.list in CVS is filled with a weird > choice of initial packages. Where those additions (and package versions) The initial packages were done on a trial basis to get the buildsys up and running and tested. > are discussed is not known to me. EPEL builds have happened silently, > giving the impression of a private playground. There are builds waiting to Until the infrastructure team felt comfortable that the buildsys was working properly, it wasn't open to contributors. > be published. But is it even known yet where to keep the repository? Is a Yes, the repo location is known. > mirroring system in place? And while the Extras' pushscript can be > configured with a Config_EPEL.py module to push EPEL packages just fine, > most likely the interest in waiting for Luke Macken's update system work > to be usable seems bigger. I believe EPEL is open to contributors that currently have 5 or more packages and/or sponsor status. There is no need to wait for Luke's work. However, one thing that contributors might want wait on is an updated mock package with EPEL configs. I've got a bug opened to get that done and just need to find some time. josh -- Fedora-maintainers mailing list Fedora-maintainers@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-maintainers -- Fedora-maintainers-readonly mailing list Fedora-maintainers-readonly@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-maintainers-readonly
