On Sat, 07 Mar 2015 10:53:27 +0100 fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi list, > > I'm an upstream developer and I'm unfamiliar with the Fedora > processes, so my apologies if I'm asking obvious questions or asking > in the wrong place! Not at all. This is a fine place. ;) > I've seen lots of pages about how to become a Fedora packager, and > the processes for reviewing packages, but I haven't yet found > anything suggesting how I could go about _requesting_ whether an > already experienced Fedora packager might like to adopt another > package. Is there such a thing, or is the only option that I dive > into learning how to do it myself? There is a generic 'wishlist': https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Package_maintainers_wishlist But as you can see from looking at it, its kind of a big dumping ground of anything anyone anytime thought might be nice to have packaged. ;) > To be specific, I would be interested in submitting the GPL2 java > application "GpsPrune" for inclusion. It's already in Debian, so > maybe that's a good starting point. And there are unofficial rpms in > OpenSuse, which may also be helpful. There are only a small number > of dependencies, most of which are optional, and I would be more than > happy to help from my side to tweak things if necessary. > > I believe that if there were packagers who had already created > packages for java applications, and were willing to take on another > one, it would take orders of magnitude less effort than if I were to > try to do it myself and ask for it to be reviewed. Is there a way to > submit a request for packaging? I'd suggest mailing the Fedora Java sig: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/java-devel You may also get some interest here in further replies. ;) Hope that helps, kevin
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