On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 16:40 +0100, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: > Am Montag, den 16.01.2006, 00:55 +0100 schrieb Michael Schwendt: > > Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: > > > And what do we do with orphaned packages? > > > > Kick them. Unless they have been touched by an active FE contributor post > > FC-4. There have been a few packages already, which do rebuild, but don't > > work or don't even install without errors. We do the community a disservice > > if we offer packages, which bear the risk of either being out-of-date or > > not-working. > > That okay for everybody? Or are there people around that want to build a > orphaned-packages-task-force that looks at the stuff? Unfortunately, there's nothing that can help an orphaned package except to be adopted. Someone has to commit to fixing the package if it breaks or has security holes through the FC release cycle. A task force would have to be directed at attracting packagers to take on the burden of the orphaned packages; not just a quick "how do we fix these in time for FC5?" That might have some interesting applications... for instance, it could be part of training new packagers to have someone guide them through updating and getting an orphaned package back into the fold. Or someone could use a particular package for a couple weeks and write a review for the month that attempts to get packagers interested in continuing its maintenance. But I don't think we can put together something scalable enough to make an impact for FC5. -Toshio
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