[Fedora-packaging] Proposal to reduce anti-bundling requirements

[Adam Williamson]

On Mon, 2015-09-14 at 11:09 -0600, Orion Poplawski wrote:
> What we haven't managed to do yet is update the package review
> > > process
> > > to better account for the distinction, such as by adopting a
> > > "COPR
> > > first" model, where folks put a package up in COPR with bundled
> > > components, and then either keep it there indefinitely, or
> > > collaborate
> > > with others on the unbundling effort.
> > 
> > Just to be awkward - I kinda found working with COPRs a PITA the
> > only
> > time I tried it and went back to using my own server space. This of
> > course isn't an option for everyone, but it *is* an option for
> > some of
> > us who are already packaging stuff, and maybe I'm not the only one
> > who
> > prefers it? :)
> 
> COPR is getting better all the time and I find it pretty usable
> these days.
> The big hurdle now for actually supporting packaging efforts in it
> IMO is lack
> of permission controls.

Yeah, now I look back at it that was kind of an asshat-y mail. I have
no problem with requiring reviews to go through COPR if it winds up
being generally beneficial.
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