Maxwell G via devel devel@lists.fedoraproject.org writes:
On Tuesday, June 28, 2022 4:30:14 PM CDT Robbie Harwood wrote:
I have started the responsive maintainer process due to lack of contact through bugzilla mail. Specifically, this is about an epel9 branch, which has been repeatedly requested since March (including an offer to maintain the branch) in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2091582 and https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2059757 .
You might also be interested in the Stalled EPEL Requests policy[1]. This would've allowed you to get permissions to branch the package for EPEL without going through the non-responsive maintainer process. Of course, if after a certain amount of time, a maintainer is deemed completely non-responsive, you should go through the respective process. The Stalled EPEL Requests policy is just intended to provide a more expedient way to get a package branched for EPEL.
#stalled_epel_requests
Thanks, I didn't know about that. Hopefully I'll never have to use it, but good to know.
In this case, because no one needinfo'd the maintainer, the EPEL policy can be slower (two weeks compared to the minimum ten days for nonresponsive). Also, a literal reading of the EPEL policy says that the same person needs to needinfo as opened the bug, so if that's the case, then it would have been three weeks (because I didn't open either bug), unless I ask one of them to needinfo. I'm not sure if that's intended?
Be well, --Robbie