Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-08-18 Thread Vít Ondruch
Dne 17. 08. 21 v 22:38 Iago Rubio napsal(a): On Tue, 2021-08-17 at 18:26 +0100, Ankur Sinha wrote: He got an sponsor right away and became the maintainer of the package, without changing a line of what I had in csv. That's very odd. The guidelines remain the same for all of us. So a spec that

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-08-18 Thread Ankur Sinha
On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 11:54:53 +0200, Iago Rubio wrote: > On Wed, 2021-08-18 at 09:48 +0100, Ankur Sinha wrote: > > This is from 2006/2007. That's more than a decade ago :) > > > > A lot of things have changed since then. If you're interested in > > package > > maintainership, please give it

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-08-18 Thread Iago Rubio
On Wed, 2021-08-18 at 09:48 +0100, Ankur Sinha wrote: > This is from 2006/2007. That's more than a decade ago :) > > A lot of things have changed since then. If you're interested in > package > maintainership, please give it another go and let us know how it > goes. I will go for it Ankur. You

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-08-18 Thread Ankur Sinha
On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 22:38:19 +0200, Iago Rubio wrote: > On Tue, 2021-08-17 at 18:26 +0100, Ankur Sinha wrote: > > > He got an sponsor right away and became the maintainer of the > > > package, > > > without changing a line of what I had in csv. > > > > That's very odd. The guidelines remain the

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-08-17 Thread Iago Rubio
On Tue, 2021-08-17 at 18:26 +0100, Ankur Sinha wrote: > > He got an sponsor right away and became the maintainer of the > > package, > > without changing a line of what I had in csv. > > That's very odd. The guidelines remain the same for all of us. So a > spec > that didn't pass a review the

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-08-17 Thread Ankur Sinha
On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 18:47:37 +0200, Iago Rubio wrote: > On Sat, 2021-08-14 at 09:04 +, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek wrote: > > I think there's some idea to rescue here. I agree that adopting > > orphaned packages can be harder than it seems, but OTOH, it's a task > > that has big benefits for

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-08-17 Thread Iago Rubio
On Sat, 2021-08-14 at 09:04 +, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek wrote: > I think there's some idea to rescue here. I agree that adopting > orphaned packages can be harder than it seems, but OTOH, it's a task > that has big benefits for the community. In the past, the recommended > way to become a

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-08-16 Thread Stephen Snow
Hello Pavel, Thank you for your thoughts. It strikes me that perhaps what you're advising me to do, is likely what I was wanting to do in the first place. I certainly don't feel dissatisfied being a non-packager in Fedora land, and I am probably a bit guilty of exageration of the difficulties on

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-08-16 Thread Pavel Valena
On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 1:38 PM Stephen Snow wrote: > Hello Dan, > Thank you for reaching out with your response. I have to admit, I was > in a provocotive mood the other day. I had solved a problem for a > customer that had been worked on unsuccessfully by a local competitor > for three weeks.

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-08-16 Thread Ankur Sinha
On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 11:57:57 +0200, Vít Ondruch wrote: > I wonder what are the requirements for using Copr? FAS account, but is there > anything else? I think that maintaining packages in Copr for a while just to > gain experience/confidence could deserve better promotion. I think an FAS is

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-08-16 Thread Vít Ondruch
I wonder what are the requirements for using Copr? FAS account, but is there anything else? I think that maintaining packages in Copr for a while just to gain experience/confidence could deserve better promotion. BTW there is also Fedora Join SIG which focuses on improving of newcomers

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-08-14 Thread Florian Weimer
* Vitaly Zaitsev via devel: > Building Java apps in your home directory with Internet access is a > trivial task. The official Fedora builds has no network access, so you > need to unbundle all dependencies into a separate packages first. This > is the main problem. In the build-on-demand Java

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-08-14 Thread Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
Jack Frost wrote: > >I tried to "take" an orphaned package ... can't not a packager, so I > >tried to do a review, and even though I appear to be part of the group, > >I couldn't even access the review build because apparently I don't have > >the rights. [I think this is a misunderstanding. There

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-08-13 Thread Vitaly Zaitsev via devel
On 13/08/2021 13:37, Stephen Snow wrote: I have built RPM's and SRPM's according to RedHat specifications, I think using their tutorials. Fedora has its own RPM packaging guidelines: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/ Even if the barriers are only perceived ones. The

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-08-13 Thread Stephen Snow
Hello Dan, Thank you for reaching out with your response. I have to admit, I was in a provocotive mood the other day. I had solved a problem for a customer that had been worked on unsuccessfully by a local competitor for three weeks. I was at that moment the master of my trade craft and in fully

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-08-12 Thread Dan Čermák
I'd also like to plug Jakub's new sponsor page: https://docs.pagure.org/fedora-sponsors/all There you can find all currently active sponsors by language, interest, etc. Cheers, Dan On August 12, 2021 7:29:10 AM UTC, Felix Schwarz wrote: >Hi Stephen, > >thank you for your interest in

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-08-12 Thread Felix Schwarz
Hi Stephen, thank you for your interest in contributing to Fedora. I can totally understand that the current policies may seem overwhelming so that becoming a packager might be seen as some kind of "elite" status. I think I would feel the same way if I didn't become a packager ~10 years ago.

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-08-11 Thread Sérgio Basto
On Wed, 2021-08-11 at 13:26 -0400, Stephen Snow wrote: > On Wed, 2021-08-11 at 18:44 +0200, Emmanuel Seyman wrote: > > * Stephen Snow [11/08/2021 12:08] : > > > > > > > > Even tried the review route, which is also beset with arbitrary > > > > > obstacles. > > > > > > > Wasn't able to download

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-08-11 Thread Miro Hrončok
On 11. 08. 21 19:51, Vitaly Zaitsev via devel wrote: If the package was orphaned more than 8 weeks ago, you must open a new releng ticket. https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fesco/Policy_for_orphan_and_retired_packages/ Correction: If the package was *retired* more than 8 weeks ago. --

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-08-11 Thread Ben Beasley
I think becoming a packager is not as complicated as you’ve written. To become a packager, you must convince a packager sponsor to sponsor you. That’s all; there is no rule about how to do the convincing. Sponsors want to be confident that you understand and are likely to follow the packaging

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-08-11 Thread Vitaly Zaitsev via devel
On 11/08/2021 17:55, Stephen Snow wrote: - Get someone to sponsor you as a packager - Review existing packages for others Package sponsors should make sure new contributors are familiar with RPM packaging and Fedora guidelines. introduce a package to Fedora Linux that needs to get

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-08-11 Thread Stephen Snow
On Wed, 2021-08-11 at 18:44 +0200, Emmanuel Seyman wrote: > * Stephen Snow [11/08/2021 12:08] : > > > > > > Even tried the review route, which is also beset with arbitrary > > > > obstacles. > > > > > Wasn't able to download the build via the link provided. > > ??? > Building a package with

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-08-11 Thread Emmanuel Seyman
* Stephen Snow [11/08/2021 12:08] : > > > > Even tried the review route, which is also beset with arbitrary > > > obstacles. > > > Wasn't able to download the build via the link provided. ??? Building a package with mock will create the build in /var/lib/mock/... No download should be required.

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-08-11 Thread Stephen Snow
On Wed, 2021-08-11 at 14:20 +0200, Emmanuel Seyman wrote: > * Stephen Snow [11/08/2021 11:37] : > > > > I feel the frustration you are expressing, and would like to help, > > nut > > apparently I don't meet the Fedora Packaging standards. > > I'm curious as to what happened... Not sure what

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-08-11 Thread Stephen Snow
Okay, So to become a packager you have to - Get someone to sponsor you as a packager - Review existing packages for others - take over an orphaned package - introduce a package to Fedora Linux that needs to get approval to be packaged - some other criteria I forgot after reading so many

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-08-11 Thread Emmanuel Seyman
* Stephen Snow [11/08/2021 11:37] : > > I feel the frustration you are expressing, and would like to help, nut > apparently I don't meet the Fedora Packaging standards. I'm curious as to what happened... > Even tried the review route, which is also beset with arbitrary obstacles. Again, what

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-08-11 Thread Vitaly Zaitsev via devel
On 11/08/2021 13:37, Stephen Snow wrote: making joining the packaging group(s) a bit more open would go a long way to garnering more packagers IMO New contributors must know at least the Fedora packaging guidelines. This is the minimum barrier. If someone doesn't want to read and follow

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-08-11 Thread Stephen Snow
Hello Fabio, I was one of those community members to step up, or at least attempt to. What I found was an obstacle course instead of welcome to the packagers. I feel the frustration you are expressing, and would like to help, nut apparently I don't meet the Fedora Packaging standards. Even

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-05-03 Thread Markku Korkeala
On 4/26/21 10:19 PM, Fabio Valentini wrote: > Hi everybody, > > Long story short, I can no longer in good conscience be the primary > maintainer of (most) Java packages in Fedora. I am not using any of > them, I don't like Java or any other languages targeting the JVM, and > don't get me started

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-04-29 Thread Hans de Goede
Hi, On 4/29/21 12:00 PM, Mikolaj Izdebski wrote: > Hi Hans, > > On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 3:47 PM Hans de Goede wrote: >> Also I hope it is ok if I pick your brain a bit on a java >> packaging issue which I've been having. >> >> I maintain a couple of java leave packages (games) + some deps >>

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-04-29 Thread Mikolaj Izdebski
Hi Hans, On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 3:47 PM Hans de Goede wrote: > Also I hope it is ok if I pick your brain a bit on a java > packaging issue which I've been having. > > I maintain a couple of java leave packages (games) + some deps > which AFAIK are only used by these games. > > One of these deps

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-04-28 Thread Hans de Goede
Hi Mikolaj, On 4/27/21 4:49 PM, Mikolaj Izdebski wrote: > On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 9:26 PM Fabio Valentini wrote: >> I will orphan all Java packages I am the main admin of, later today. > > I've adopted the majority of Java packages that were orphaned by Fabio, > primarily those that are related

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-04-28 Thread Hans de Goede
Hi Fabio, On 4/26/21 9:19 PM, Fabio Valentini wrote: > Hi everybody, > > Long story short, I can no longer in good conscience be the primary > maintainer of (most) Java packages in Fedora. I am not using any of > them, I don't like Java or any other languages targeting the JVM, and > don't get

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-04-28 Thread Kevin Kofler via devel
Mikolaj Izdebski wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion, but IMO Maven in Fedora should be built the > same way as upstream builds it, that is with Maven. That minimizes the > possibility of deviating from upstream and introducing unnoticed bugs. > Instead a custom project was created that is used to

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-04-28 Thread Mat Booth
On Mon, 26 Apr 2021 at 20:20, Fabio Valentini wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > Long story short, I can no longer in good conscience be the primary > maintainer of (most) Java packages in Fedora. I am not using any of > them, I don't like Java or any other languages targeting the JVM, and > don't get

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-04-27 Thread Mikolaj Izdebski
On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 5:18 PM Dan Čermák wrote: > > Hi Mikolaj, > > Mikolaj Izdebski writes: > > > 5) automating the process of bootstrapping Maven and Ant with related > > components, so that new versions can be imported and built > > reproducibly and with consistent quality. > > You

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-04-27 Thread Jerry James
On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 1:20 PM Fabio Valentini wrote: > Long story short, I can no longer in good conscience be the primary > maintainer of (most) Java packages in Fedora. I am not using any of > them, I don't like Java or any other languages targeting the JVM, and > don't get me started on the

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-04-27 Thread Miro Hrončok
On 27. 04. 21 16:49, Mikolaj Izdebski wrote: On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 9:26 PM Fabio Valentini wrote: I will orphan all Java packages I am the main admin of, later today. I've adopted the majority of Java packages that were orphaned by Fabio, primarily those that are related to Maven or Ant.

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-04-27 Thread Dan Čermák
Hi Mikolaj, Mikolaj Izdebski writes: > 5) automating the process of bootstrapping Maven and Ant with related > components, so that new versions can be imported and built > reproducibly and with consistent quality. You might want to take a look at openSUSE's maven package:

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-04-27 Thread Mikolaj Izdebski
On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 9:26 PM Fabio Valentini wrote: > I will orphan all Java packages I am the main admin of, later today. I've adopted the majority of Java packages that were orphaned by Fabio, primarily those that are related to Maven or Ant. I've been maintaining numerous Java packages in

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-04-27 Thread Emmanuel Seyman
* Fabio Valentini [26/04/2021 21:19] : > > I am not using any of > them, I don't like Java or any other languages targeting the JVM, and > don't get me started on the horrid Java ecosystem. Thank you for all the work you've done, Fabio. Emmanuel

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-04-27 Thread Ankur Sinha
On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 21:19:44 +0200, Fabio Valentini wrote: > Hi everybody, > > Long story short, I can no longer in good conscience be the primary > maintainer of (most) Java packages in Fedora. I am not using any of > them, I don't like Java or any other languages targeting the JVM, and > don't

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-04-26 Thread Sérgio Basto
On Mon, 2021-04-26 at 21:19 +0200, Fabio Valentini wrote: > Hi everybody, > > Long story short, I can no longer in good conscience be the primary > maintainer of (most) Java packages in Fedora. I am not using any of > them, I don't like Java or any other languages targeting the JVM, and > don't

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-04-26 Thread Aleksandar Kurtakov
On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 10:26 PM Fabio Valentini wrote: > Hi everybody, > > Long story short, I can no longer in good conscience be the primary > maintainer of (most) Java packages in Fedora. I am not using any of > them, I don't like Java or any other languages targeting the JVM, and > don't

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-04-26 Thread Matthew Miller
On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 09:19:44PM +0200, Fabio Valentini wrote: > Long story short, I can no longer in good conscience be the primary > maintainer of (most) Java packages in Fedora. I am not using any of > them, I don't like Java or any other languages targeting the JVM, and > don't get me

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-04-26 Thread Ben Cotton
On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 3:26 PM Fabio Valentini wrote: > > Long story short, I can no longer in good conscience be the primary > maintainer of (most) Java packages in Fedora. I am not using any of > them, I don't like Java or any other languages targeting the JVM, and > don't get me started on

Re: The Death of Java (packages)

2021-04-26 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
On Mon, 26 Apr 2021 at 15:20, Fabio Valentini wrote: > Hi everybody, > > Long story short, I can no longer in good conscience be the primary > maintainer of (most) Java packages in Fedora. I am not using any of > them, I don't like Java or any other languages targeting the JVM, and > don't get

The Death of Java (packages)

2021-04-26 Thread Fabio Valentini
Hi everybody, Long story short, I can no longer in good conscience be the primary maintainer of (most) Java packages in Fedora. I am not using any of them, I don't like Java or any other languages targeting the JVM, and don't get me started on the horrid Java ecosystem. Recently I've been