On Thu, 2023-10-19 at 11:06 +0200, Miro Hrončok wrote: > Hello folks, > > you might know I run a script that generates > > https://churchyard.fedorapeople.org/orphans.txt > https://churchyard.fedorapeople.org/orphans.json > > The script is located at > https://pagure.io/releng/blob/main/f/scripts/find_unblocked_orphans.py > > I try to monitor the output and whenever it is stuck, I restart it. > > Every 2 weeks I try to save a copy of the generated file and send it > to the > devel list, devel announce list and the affected maintainers. > > Every branching, the script needs (trivial) changes. > > When I see packages orphaned for 6+ weeks, I retire them. > > > I took this task a coupe years back because I was not satisfied with > the status > quo at that time (packages orphaned for year+ lingering in the > distro). > > The task is semi-automated but not fully. After almost 5 years, I > think it's > time to pass this to somebody else. Preferably to somebody who would > enjoy > automating it entirely. > > I can provide all the details about the operation if you want to > become the > reaper's apprentice. > yeah, as already mention, I think sometimes is reaped too much, but the results, at the end of the day, are good, we have a better Fedora. I know the balance is extremely difficult and needs lots of work. I have some commits to improve find_unblocked_orphans.py (not yet completely finished ) , the feature that I'd like implement is query more than one repo , will be useful to query el + epel for example and some optimizations IIRC. > Please do let me know. I believe this process is essential for the > health of > Fedora but I'd like to be relieved of this task. > > -- > Miro Hrončok > -- > Phone: +420777974800 > IRC: mhroncok > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- Sérgio M. B. _______________________________________________ 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
