On 2 March 2017 at 07:51, Ralf Corsepius <rc040203@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 03/02/2017 01:43 PM, Josh Boyer wrote: >> >> On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 1:22 AM, Ralf Corsepius <rc040203@xxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >>> >>> On 03/01/2017 09:23 PM, opensource@xxxxxxxxx wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> The following packages are orphaned and will be retired when they >>>> are orphaned for six weeks, unless someone adopts them. If you know for >>>> sure >>>> that the package should be retired, please do so now with a proper >>>> reason: >>>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_remove_a_package_at_end_of_life >>> >>> >>> >>> Is there a way to request a package owned by somebody else to be retired? >>> >>> I am asking, because during the recent mass rebuilt, a larger number >>> packages have been rebuilt, whose maintainers are known to have left >>> Fedora >>> or apparently do not seem/do not seem to be able to care about their >>> packages. >> >> >> We have nothing in place other than to start the non-active maintainer >> process for all of them. > > > That's, what I feared ;) > > And I also fear, this AWOL process doesn't work, because I have seen > packages in the mass-rebuilt, owned by persons, of whom I am pretty sure > went through the AWOL-ticket process at FESCO. > > Ralf Can you give us a list of these? It will be easier to track down what is going on. Personally I would like to have a "sign of life" renewal to Fedora accounts to try and track this down but people have said that is too much bureaucracy. -- Stephen J Smoogen. _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
