On Thu, Nov 7, 2019 at 4:36 PM Miroslav Suchý <msuchy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Dne 07. 11. 19 v 11:12 Peter Robinson napsal(a): > > I'd like to know why people are pushing EPEL-8 builds without engaging > > with the maintainers of the packages. > > Because they can? > Nothing in guidelines say: "you have to contact maintainer of different branch when you request new one". If there's specific reasons that a maintainer wouldn't want it in el8 surely the right thing to do would be to engage so they could at least offer to co-maintain it for el8. I feel it's wrong to assume that someone is able to take on the load of maintaining the package for the lifetime of el8 without engagement. If the person doesn't have the time or interest it just ends up with something that will bitrot and give everyone a bad experience. I feel the guidelines should include those requirements or something similar else it's just hostile to expect that someone takes up that extra load whether they want to or not!. > Of course, it is better if they ask you first. And of course, you can ask those people directly too :) Believe me I have asked them, I wanted to know though in a public forum without naming and shaming. _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
