Re: submitted RPMs and awaiting action?

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On Tue, 1 Dec 2015 15:37:15 +0000 James Hogarth <james.hogarth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I pointed you to this:
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Join_the_package_collection_maintainers
> 
> Have you read it yet?

I read it and other documents when I submitted, and then found that there were steps  (running rpmlint) that had to be taken which was not mentioned anywhere then.

> 
> Note that the mailing list bears no relation to the address in FAS ... this
> is what we are talking about (ignoring the preference for real name over
> pseudonym in bugzilla).

OK, I fixed this, I hope!

> 
> Although adjusting spec as per direction from others you don't appear to be
> making an effort on the process/people side of things.

But should a volunteer effort be so complicated? That is the question. Yes, we can always point to voluminous, sometimes outdated, sometimes inconsistent writeups, but therein lies the problem.

> I laid out clear steps for you to follow - they are not complicated.

Perhaps not to someone familiar with the process. But volunteer efforts, on all sides, should be streamlined as far as possible. I certainly feel it is not.

> 
> If you aren't willing to do the modicum amount of work to actually take
> part in packagers group and seek a sponsor then I'm not willing to take
> time out of my day to go through fedora-review on your packaging request.

But what did I not look into that you(?) or someone else asked me to?

> 
> Incidentally the 'EOL' notice you're expecting won't happen with a
> packaging request as that's targeted against rawhide and not a specific
> fedora revision.

I see, that is good to know. Incidentally, all these RPMs have been running on my systems for years (sylfilter)/months(pdf-stapler).

Thanks,
Ranjan


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