On Tue, 9 Nov 2010 09:44:41 -0600 Richard Shaw <hobbes1069@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Two questions: > > 1. I've googled[1] for an authoritative place to find out who > maintains what package but I can't seem to find a consistent source. > What's the proper way to find out who maintains a package? https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/ > 2. Once I know this, what's the proper channel for contacting a > maintainer? Is it bad form to contact them directly using their email > address? Yes. I would suggest filing a bug in bugzilla.redhat.com instead. > The reason I ask is occasionally there are "stable" versions of > software that seem to take a long time to make their way into the > repositories. My intent isn't to "bug" them so much is ask what's > needed to get the new version and offer assistance in testing. > > Maybe it's the right way but I've never liked putting in bug reports > to request new versions of software (unless it's needed by another > package and therefore really is a problem). It's fine. You can preface the subject with "RFE" (request for enhancement) and most maintainers will know that means it's a enhancement rather than bug request. Filing it as a bug means that all the maintainer(s) of the package see it (they are cc'ed) as well as anyone who takes over the package while it's being looked at, as well as anyone who has input on it. much much better than mailing a single maintainer where the email could be lost. kevin
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