On Saturday, 10 October 2015 at 01:01, Rich Rauenzahn wrote: > On 10/9/2015 1:54 AM, Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski wrote: > >You could ask to become the maintainer in EPEL: > >https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_get_sponsored_into_the_packager_group#Become_a_co-maintainer > > > >>That looks like quite an involved process with an uncertain outcome ... > >The process may look involved at first, but it's usually not that much > >work after the initial formalities. Why do you think the outcome is > >uncertain? > > There are a lot of caveats listed in the requirements to be approved as a > package maintainer after the initial formalities (some of which I started!). > Finding a sponsor, contributing in "other ways" than just supporting the > specific packages that I need. I don't want to commit to things I wouldn't > be able to follow through on.
That's quite understandable. Speaking as a sponsor myself, the minimum I require from the people I sponsor is that they make at least two non-trivial informal package reviews to show that they understand the Packaging Guidelines and that they submit one package of their own. In this case showing the crlibm and libscs spec files for EPEL7 branch and doing a couple of informal reviews should be enough for sponsorship. Unfortunately I don't have time for another sponsoree at the moment. > >>Is that the only viable option at the moment? Adopt it myself? > >I'm afraid that's how it works for most packages. People who use the > >software and have the skills to maintain it usually do it. > > > >You can also pay someone to maintain it for you. ;) > > Don't have that ability (pay) in the position I'm in at my company, and I was half-kidding there. > realistically, I can just check the rpm I built into our ansible repository. > Or rewrite my software to not use pyinterval. Of course, but in my opinion, it's better to share. > I've re-built/modified some rpm packages, but don't profess to be anywhere > near an expert level. More in the amateur realm, but enough to modify an > existing rpm to build on newer platforms or to swap out versions of source. Don't worry. Nobody is born with rpm packaging knowledge. Many of us are (still) amateurs and there are a lot of people ready to lend a hand in this community, so don't be afraid to get your feet wet, please. Regards, Dominik -- Fedora http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Rathann RPMFusion http://rpmfusion.org "Faith manages." -- Delenn to Lennier in Babylon 5:"Confessions and Lamentations" _______________________________________________ epel-devel mailing list epel-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/epel-devel
