On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 12:43 PM Vitaly Zaitsev via devel < devel@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> On 17.11.2020 09:46, Felix Schwarz wrote: > > I think this is the root cause and a real problem (I complained about > > this myself several few times on this list). > > Yes, ofc. I've submitted multiple PRs. Some of them haven't been merged. > Later I got these packages through the Non-responsive maintainer > procedure, manually merged the PRs and pushed to updates. > > > Instead we should start thinking about ways to actually fix the root > cause problem (and also how to integrate Fedora packaging much better with > actual users, hopefully "converting" some users into packagers). > > I think it will be very difficult. Many maintainers simply don't have > enough free time and their packages haven't been updated for ages. They > also don't check email and never accept pull requests. > Radical and likely overkill idea... Require CLAs be renewed annually. If they don't respond within a certain amount of time, the non-responsive maintainer process is automatically initiated (or another process/workflow that doesn't yet exist). Thanks, Richard
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