[EPEL-devel] Re: [HEADS UP] ImageMagick side-tag for epel8

2022-03-30 Thread Carl George
On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 6:23 PM Sérgio Basto wrote: > > Hi, > > ImageMagick 6.9.12.x have a bunch security fixes since 6.9.10.x . > I'd like update ImageMagick (IM) on epel8 with soname bump . > ImageMagick-6.9.10 last version, have almost 2 years and keep it and > just pull security patches, it

[EPEL-devel] Re: slowing down the stalled request process

2022-03-30 Thread Ian Laurie
On 3/31/22 02:43, Gary Buhrmaster wrote: [snip] (*) And while a month seems better, I also see that timeframe being frustrating to others who want to use those packages, or to build dependent packages. No great answers. This comment is only loosely related to this thread, but as just an end

[EPEL-devel] Re: slowing down the stalled request process

2022-03-30 Thread Troy Dawson
On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 12:21 PM Troy Dawson wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 8:02 AM Stephen John Smoogen > wrote: > >> >> >> On Wed, 30 Mar 2022 at 10:55, Troy Dawson wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Current process (two bugzilla pings, two weeks total time): - 1st request - one week goes

[EPEL-devel] Re: slowing down the stalled request process

2022-03-30 Thread Troy Dawson
On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 8:02 AM Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > > > On Wed, 30 Mar 2022 at 10:55, Troy Dawson wrote: > >> >> >> Current process (two bugzilla pings, two weeks total time): >>> - 1st request >>> - one week goes by >>> - 2nd request >>> - one week goes by >>> - releng ticket to be

[EPEL-devel] Re: slowing down the stalled request process

2022-03-30 Thread Gary Buhrmaster
On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 5:03 AM Carl George wrote: > > However, despite the good intentions, I've observed some frustrations > among Fedora packagers when collaborators are added via this process. > We do not want maintainers to feel rushed or circumvented. That said, > I am firmly of the

[EPEL-devel] Re: slowing down the stalled request process

2022-03-30 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
On Wed, 30 Mar 2022 at 10:55, Troy Dawson wrote: > > > Current process (two bugzilla pings, two weeks total time): >> - 1st request >> - one week goes by >> - 2nd request >> - one week goes by >> - releng ticket to be added as a collaborator >> >> Proposal A (three bugzilla pings, three weeks

[EPEL-devel] Re: slowing down the stalled request process

2022-03-30 Thread Troy Dawson
On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 10:04 PM Carl George wrote: > EPEL has a stalled request policy [0] that allows packagers to get > themselves added as collaborators on epel* branches. Prior to this > policy being implemented, requests to add Fedora packages to EPEL > would often go unanswered for long