Il 19/08/22 18:53, Gary Buhrmaster ha scritto: > On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 10:47 AM P J P <pjp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> * Interesting numbers there. > (see below on another number) > >> * While I get that such pruning from time to time is generally good. >> What happens to the packages orphaned by removing inactive packagers? >> >> * Removing orphaned packages may not be easy, as other packages may depend on them. > Obviously, if the packages are still desired or needed, an > active packager will need to pick them up. For a number of > those packages I suspect that they have been running more > or less on successful auto-pilot (mass rebuild) for some > time, so picking them up should not result in substantially > increased workload going forward after the initial take, but > I admit I, myself, do not look forward to having to add to > the list of packages I might need to feel (at least notionally) > responsible for if I end up having to take some of them on > due to dependencies in things I do care about. > > I would also say, that while it is probably not entirely easy > to do so, a *very* interesting additional number would > have been how many packages would be orphaned if > all of the identified packagers are removed, just so we > have an order of magnitude of what we are looking at > moving forward. But that list is probably best produced > at a later time, as, for all we know, many of the people > may indeed still be active (and because their packagers > do run on auto-pilot, do not regularly engage). > > These are, of course, probably mostly first run issues. > Once the process is in place and ongoing, the order of > magnitude of the people and packages is likely to be > the usual background noise levels. If anyone wants to have a look to what packages **may** be orphaned when those users are removed from the packager group, I've set up a script and uploaded the results here [1]. Do not be too scared by those results: there's still plenty of time for those users to show up and declare their willingness to maintain their status. If you, however, see a package you care listed with an asterisk (look at the bottom of the list), take notice that these are the packages that will surely be orphaned, because the current maintainer has asked to be removed from the packager group. Maybe you can start asking them to transfer the package to you. I plan to post an updated list before the end of the month and at mid October (or maybe Ben will do, if he prefer). Mattia [1] https://mattia.fedorapeople.org/inactive-packagers/affected_packages.txt _______________________________________________ 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, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
