Re: Requesting a new package in Fedora

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On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 10:59 AM Jerry James <loganjerry@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 2:24 AM Jeffrey Walton <noloader@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Is there a process that covers a user requesting a package?
>
> Here's the problem: who is going to act on such a request?  Packagers
> typically work on packages because they are either paid to do so or
> have a personal interest in the package.  If the package you have in
> mind isn't already in Fedora, the hard part for you will be convincing
> some packager to take an interest in it.

Yeah, I kind of thought this was the problem.

> But there's another possibility: have you considered becoming a
> packager yourself, even if it is for this one package only?

I have, but I don't have the spare cycles.

But I feel crummy because Fedora carries a library I help maintain,
and someone else does the packaging. I feel like we've pushed our work
onto someone else.

Jeff
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