On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 3:44 PM, Josh Boyer <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 19:28 +0000, Kevin Kofler wrote: > > Jesse Keating <jkeating <at> redhat.com> writes: > > > Plague is unmaintained upstream as well. The only reason it's kept > > > around is because we can't build EPEL in Koji, which I hope to have > > > fixed this summer. After that, plague will be removed from the distro > > > entirely. Would that make you feel better? > > > > What about third-party repositories like rpmfusion? AFAICT, rpmfusion decided > > to use Plague. And looking at the current design of the 2 tools, Plague looks > > much more appropriate for a third-party repository to me, compared to Koji > > which wants to "own" the entire distribution, requiring to import all the base > > Fedora packages. Of course, the work to make Koji suitable for EPEL may well > > make this a non-issue, but right now it is something to consider. > > Then rpmfusion should take upstream ownership of it. > Who is upstream for plague? I know that there are several groups that are still using it and if its upstream is looking for a new owner.. would probably take it over versus 'forking' it. -- Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice" -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
