Re: Orphaned packages looking for new maintainers

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On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 09:55:45PM +0200, Dominique Martinet wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Miro Hrončok wrote on Mon, May 11, 2020 at 07:42:09PM +0200:
> > Request package ownership via the *Take* button in he left column on
> > https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/<pkgname>
> >
> > waypipe                           orphan                           5 weeks ago
> 
> I would be interested in taking waypipe. The project is still active
> upstream[1] (FTBS[2] in fedora had already been fixed there), does work
> as of right now (tested on fedora32), and it is generally something I
> would consider useful... There just aren't many wayland applications one
> would want to "ssh -X" into yet, but as long as upstream is active I
> would support it.
> 
> 
> I'm not a maintainer though, so can't just hit "take".
> What would the procedure be for that? Wait until it gets orphaned next
> week and submit it again as a new package?
> 
> In the off-chance it might get revived without going through the orphan
> process, I've submitted remote PRs on pagure, both on fedora 32
> branch[3] and master[4] ; the simple koji test succeeded in both.
> 
> [1] https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mstoeckl/waypipe/-/commits/master
> [2] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1800245
> [3] https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/waypipe/pull-request/2 (f32)
> [4] https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/waypipe/pull-request/1 (master)
> 
> 
> 
> FWIW, looking at the requirements on the "Join the package collection
> maintainers" page[5], I do have all required accounts, introduced myself
> in 2015[6] so just took a bit of time to follow through, and can
> probably beg for a sponsor or two if required (added an ex-coworker in
> Cc who is an active packager, and who would probably vouch for me if
> required. Hi Stéphane!); I just don't see anything about starting from
> an orphaned package. If anyone is on centos lists, I'm also very grumpy,
> but don't speak up much unless I have good reasons to.)
> [5] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Join_the_package_collection_maintainers
> [6] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/thread/WFMUCQO65M3YGE2NTV4WUXVNN6UBLLN7/

Hey Dominique. If you haven't found a sponsor yet, drop me an email off
list and I can probibly sponsor you. Thanks for stepping up to maintain
some packages. :) 

kevin

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