On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Nathanael D. Noblet<nathanael@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On 07/03/2009 10:52 AM, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "NDN" == Nathanael D Noblet<nathanael@xxxxxxx> writes: >> >> NDN> I'm wondering if it is possible to be a co-maintainer with >> NDN> someone willing? >> >> In general, all you need is a sponsor. The usual route to that is via >> the submission of new packages, but it's not the only way. I happen >> to be a sponsor, so that's not an issue. >> >> What is an issue is that fact that the horde suite is somewhat >> delicate and security sensitive, and not really the best set of >> packages for a first-time packager. This is somewhat offset by the >> fact that the packages already exist and just need maintenance. > > Yeah, I figured as much. There are a few other packages I wouldn't mind > helping out with all in all but without submitting a package for review it > seems I'm coming at this a bit sideways... > > >> I think that if you're interested, you should start by requesting >> watchcommits and watchbugzilla on at least the Fedora branches of >> those packages. (I have no desire to maintain the EPEL5 branch, so >> someone else needs to step in to take care of that one.) The URLs >> are: > > Ok, well I could definitely use the EPEL5 packages as I up to now have been > installing them on CentOS 5 servers manually. > Then help Jason maintain the EPEL branches by sending him spec file patches, re-basing Fedora carried patches to new versions, etc. Submitting patches is great alternative way to prove yourself for getting sponsored. -- Mat Booth www.matbooth.co.uk -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
