On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 04:29:36AM -0000, Andrew Toskin wrote: > How do we proceed from here? I see the wiki talks about how to voluntarily orphan one's own package, and how to take over a package that has *been* orphaned. But I don't see instructions about how to declare a clearly abandoned package as orphaned. You need to file a FESCo ticket. Zbyszek > > ~ Andrew Toskin > FAS: terrycloth > > > /cc yaderv > > > > On Sun, Aug 06, 2017 at 08:10:02PM -0000, Andrew Toskin wrote: > > > There are a couple GNOME Shell extensions that I think ought to be orphaned. Since I > > already maintain a few other GNOME Shell extensions, I'd be happy to take over. > > > > > > In the Fedora repos, there are two "sustmi" packages, named for the > > upstream developer's GitHub handle. There's a single listing in the old PKGDB -- > > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/package/rpms/gnome-shell-extension-... -- but > > it's two (sub?)packages: > > > > > > * gnome-shell-extension-sustmi-windowoverlay-icons > > > * gnome-shell-extension-sustmi-historymanager-prefix-search > > > > > > A look on Bugzilla shows requests to update the packages going as far back as 2013, > > which never got any response from the maintainer: > > > > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?classification=Fedora&product... > > > > > > The only new builds in Koji over the past few years have been automated mass > > rebuilds. From the changelog, it doesn't seem like there has been any manual updates > > from the maintainer since 2012. > > > https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=925824 > > > > > > I've tried commenting on the Bugzilla threads, and tried sending requests through > > PKGDB (just before it was deprecated), to be added as a co-maintainer, but I haven't > > gotten any response either. > > > > > > These packages have been badly neglected for a long time, and no longer work at all > > on any supported Fedora release. I'd like to get them back in shape. > > > > > > ~ Andrew Toskin > > > FAS: terrycloth > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
