On 06/02/2010 12:56 PM, Peter Czanik wrote: > Hello, > > 2010-05-12 17:07 keltezéssel, Daniel J Walsh írta: >>> I'm looking for information, how to get a package (in my case: >>> syslog-ng) updated to the latest available version. First I tried to >>> contact the original syslog-ng packagers directly, but I got no response >>> at all. Here on the list I got some questions about the new syslog-ng >>> version, but while I update my rawhide installation quite often, I still >>> did not see an update for syslog-ng. >>> >>> Now I looked around on the Fedora wiki, how I could to the packaging >>> work myself. I found a page with many interesting details: >>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/Join , but this seems >>> to be for packagers joining to add a new package. How could I get an >>> existing package upgraded? >>> >>> Bye, >>> CzP >>> >> Have you opened a bugzilla requesting the update? >> >> I think you need to sign up and work to become a provenpackager. >> > I did not open a bugzilla request yet, but it does not seem to be > appropriate any more, as syslog-ng and related libraries seem to be > dropped from Fedora (it is the same on FC13 and rawhide): > You really should open bugzilla request. > [root@fedora13 ~]# yum install syslog-ng ... > Installing: > syslog-ng i686 2.1.4-6.fc12 > fedora 138 k > Installing for dependencies: > eventlog i686 0.2.7-4.fc12 > fedora 16 k > libnet i686 1.1.4-3.fc12 > fedora 49 k > So syslog-ng is still there. It wasn't just rebuilt since fc12 as there was no mass rebuild for fc13 and no update by package maintainer. Last changelog entry is from f12(-rawhide) times: * Tue Sep 15 2009 Ray Van Dolson <rayvd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> - 2.1.4-8 - Adjust eventlog build requirement > And a bonus question, as I work now for the upstream developer of > syslog-ng: what was the reason for dropping syslog-ng from the distribution? It's still there, see https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/acls/name/syslog-ng Regards, Petr -- Petr Lautrbach, Red Hat, Inc. -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
