RE: TSS maintainer volunteer

[Kenneth Goldman]

I think I followed all those steps - identifying the package, announcing that 
I want to be the packager, making an account, etc.

What's next?  Does someone approve me?  Are there more steps?  Other accounts 
to make?  Move a git repo somewhere?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Petr Pisar 
> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2023 3:29 AM
> To: [e-mail]
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: TSS maintainer volunteer
>
> V Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 07:37:30PM +0000, Kenneth Goldman napsal(a):
> > How do I get packager status?  How do I work with a packager - is that
> > a person or a program?
> >
> > A quick google gave me this link:
> > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__docs.fedoraprojec
> > t.org_en-2DUS_package-2Dmaintainers_Joining-5Fthe-5FPackage-5FMaintain
> > ers_&d=DwMFaQ&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-
>
> siA1ZOg&r=DZCVG43VcL8GTneMZb8k8lEwb-O1G
> > ZktFfre1-mlmiA&m=s70Bz9k22m9018JPgVNOAnmz7DqkzTJI_QXmAfcI-
>
> pzZbLnQwyYpg
> > p0rgTxhQ1Hg&s=3fAYyQr_EQBDWPP3121TuoPS_dDADrPuxuTVcuf5W88&e=
> >
> > I found that and followed all the steps.  However, it ends at Finding
> > software you wish to maintain for Fedora".
>
> You wrote you were interested in tss2 package. Since the package was retired
> from Fedora, it's a great piece of "software to maintain" for you.
> > What's next?
>
> There is a subchapter
> https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/package-
> maintainers/How_to_Get_Sponsored_into_the_Packager_Group/
> of the Joining page. (A chapter topology is shown in the left column, 
> JavaScript
> required. I also find it hard to discover.)
>
> You basically wants to unretire the package 
> https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-
> US/package-maintainers/Package_Retirement_Process/#claiming.
> That involves reviewing the package
> https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/package-
> maintainers/Package_Review_Process/
> and getting a sponsor who will guide you and who will adds you to the 
> packager
> group after finishing the package review.
>
> Your path is a little bit atypical because the documentation is written from 
> a
> point of view of a new packager who wants to add a completely new package
> https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/package-
> maintainers/New_Package_Process_for_New_Contributors/.
> You can follow it. The only difference for unretiring packages is a way of
> creating a dist-git repository after passing the review and gettig 
> sponsored.
>
> -- Petr