On Mon, Sep 15, 2025 at 6:50 AM Orion Poplawski <[email protected]> wrote:

> Should a packager simply be able to "take" the maintenance of a package
> that has been orphaned in EPEL only?
>
> I would argue yes, but I could see objections.  Has this been decided
> anywhere or is it just a limitation of the pagure interface?
>

It hasn't been completely decided, but it has been discussed several times
in the EPEL Steering Committee meetings.
The general consensus is that it should be very similar to Fedora's
orphaning.  So if you could take the package there, you should be able to
take the package in EPEL.

But, you hit on the one big problem, and the reason we haven't written
anything up. Currently, there is no way for anyone to grab an "Epel-Only"
orphan package.
In addition, there is no way for anyone to Orphan EPEL Only.
The reason packages get into that state is because they get orphaned in
Fedora, someone takes them, in Fedora, and whoever takes them doesn't do
anything with the EPEL settings.

Troy
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