Okay, So to become a packager you have to - Get someone to sponsor you as a packager - Review existing packages for others - take over an orphaned package - introduce a package to Fedora Linux that needs to get approval to be packaged - some other criteria I forgot after reading so many linked documents .... I tried to "take" an orphaned package ... can't not a packager, so I tried to do a review, and even though I appear to be part of the group, I couldn't even access the review build because apparently I don't have the rights. My point is yes, it is requiring effort and it should but not to the extent of stonewalling contributions, and largely because the guidelines are confusing, it is a bit like reading a hand drawn map while driving IMO. So, back to orphaned packages, if a person from the community is signed up, signed the CA, the CoC, is a member of the appropriate groups, that person should be able to volunteer to take on orphaned packages, at least on a trila basis till they need no handholding. The deesire to contribute should be the bar to contribute is my point. If technical requirements are not being met, then they would be removed as packager and basically timed out for a specific time till they get the opportunity to try packaging again. However, if they succeed, then great for all, more contributors, less workload across the board. I understand that RPM packaging is a complex process, and creating Fedora Linux is a large task, but for new contributors how are they to learn the process, if the gate keepers are too efficient? Regards, and still hoping to be a packager .... someday.... Stephen On Wed, 2021-08-11 at 14:16 +0200, Vitaly Zaitsev via devel wrote: > On 11/08/2021 13:37, Stephen Snow wrote: > > making joining the packaging group(s) a bit more open would go a > > long way to garnering more packagers IMO > > New contributors must know at least the Fedora packaging guidelines. > This is the minimum barrier. > > use COPR. Simple and easy. > > -- > Sincerely, > Vitaly Zaitsev (vitaly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > _______________________________________________ > 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 > Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure _______________________________________________ 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 Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
