Is there a process for requesting packaging?

[Pete Travis]

On Mar 7, 2015 6:15 AM, "Kevin Fenzi" <kevin at scrye.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 07 Mar 2015 10:53:27 +0100
> fedora at activityworkshop.net wrote:
>
> > Hi list,
> >
> > I'm an upstream developer and I'm unfamiliar with the Fedora
> > processes, so my apologies if I'm asking obvious questions or asking
> > in the wrong place!
>
> Not at all. This is a fine place. ;)
>
> > I've seen lots of pages about how to become a Fedora packager, and
> > the processes for reviewing packages, but I haven't yet found
> > anything suggesting how I could go about _requesting_ whether an
> > already experienced Fedora packager might like to adopt another
> > package.  Is there such a thing, or is the only option that I dive
> > into learning how to do it myself?
>
> There is a generic 'wishlist':
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Package_maintainers_wishlist
>
> But as you can see from looking at it, its kind of a big dumping ground
> of anything anyone anytime thought might be nice to have packaged. ;)
>
> > To be specific, I would be interested in submitting the GPL2 java
> > application "GpsPrune" for inclusion.  It's already in Debian, so
> > maybe that's a good starting point.  And there are unofficial rpms in
> > OpenSuse, which may also be helpful.  There are only a small number
> > of dependencies, most of which are optional, and I would be more than
> > happy to help from my side to tweak things if necessary.
> >
> > I believe that if there were packagers who had already created
> > packages for java applications, and were willing to take on another
> > one, it would take orders of magnitude less effort than if I were to
> > try to do it myself and ask for it to be reviewed.  Is there a way to
> > submit a request for packaging?
>
> I'd suggest mailing the Fedora Java sig:
> https://lists.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/java-devel
>
> You may also get some interest here in further replies. ;)
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> kevin
>
>
> --

The GIS SIG might be interested in this too.  There's no dedicated mailing
list that I'm aware of, but http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GIS will lead you
to #fedora-gis and a list of names, at least.

--Pete
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