On Thu, 2015-01-08 at 16:54 -0600, Dennis Gilmore wrote: > On Tue, 30 Dec 2014 17:09:02 +0200 > Yanko Kaneti <yaneti@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Tue, 2014-12-30 at 14:53 +0100, Marianne Lombard wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > A bug is open for perl-XML-TreePP since July (for opening a epel > > > 7 branch) with no reaction > > > (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1123681) > > > I need this package so I'm volunteer to maintain it > > > > This bug seems unnecessary. AFAIK all it takes to create a branch > > for a package is a willing maintainer who's already a packager, in > > this case you, to make a SCM request for it in the package review > > request > > Policy does require you to contact the maintainer > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Getting_a_Fedora_package_in_EPEL It is > quite inappropriate to not have the courtesy to contact the fedora > maintainer first. I have't seen that policy, but now that I've read it it seem misguided. My thinking is: - If the Fedora maintainer cared and there was no technical reason the branches would already be there. - Most Fedora maintainers know well enough if there is or isn't any technical reason. - "I am too busy and I'll get to it later" - is no good excuse for blocking people willing to do the work. - "I beleive this package is not suitable for an LTS release, so I'll block it" - is just hubris. - Lets not put red tape for more people to do the work in a place where good sense should be more than enough to prevent conflict. > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=607878 > > > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Package_SCM_admin_requests#Package_Change_Requests_for_existing_packages > > > > > > Make sure to list yourself as a "owner" of the new branch. > Only do that after contacting the Fedora maintainer > > > Its perfectly understandable for a primary POC of a package on the > > Fedora branches to not want to deal with the EPEL packaging. > > It is quite understandable and acceptable, but you do need to > contact them to check first and not just go and branch a package. > branching is not without cost, as things are setup Fedora > maintainers will still get bug reports and email. there may also be a > very valid reason for not branching a package. >From what I've seen the new pkgdb interface makes it very clear who is responsible for any particular branch. Regards Yanko -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
