On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 11:06 AM Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@xxxxxxxxxx> 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. > > 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. I think it might be possible to migrate this task to be a releng toddler? In that case there wouldn't even need to be a "volunteer" to run it, exactly :) For example, the recent implementation of the "SIG Policy" (which does some repoqueries and then modifies dist-git settings) isn't *that* different (it's just much less long-running), and it works fine as a toddler. Fabio _______________________________________________ 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
