Re: "sustmi" GNOME Shell packages should be orphaned -- I'd like to take over
On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 04:29:36AM -0000, Andrew Toskin wrote:
How do we proceed from here? I see the wiki talks about how to
voluntarily orphan one's own package, and how to take over a package that has *been*
orphaned. But I don't see instructions about how to declare a clearly abandoned
package as orphaned.
You need to file a FESCo ticket.
Zbyszek
>
> ~ Andrew Toskin
> FAS: terrycloth
>
> > /cc yaderv
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 06, 2017 at 08:10:02PM -0000, Andrew Toskin wrote:
> > > There are a couple GNOME Shell extensions that I think ought to be
orphaned. Since I
> > already maintain a few other GNOME Shell extensions, I'd be happy to take
over.
> > >
> > > In the Fedora repos, there are two "sustmi" packages, named for
the
> > upstream developer's GitHub handle. There's a single listing in the old
PKGDB --
> > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/package/rpms/gnome-shell-extension-... --
but
> > it's two (sub?)packages:
> > >
> > > * gnome-shell-extension-sustmi-windowoverlay-icons
> > > * gnome-shell-extension-sustmi-historymanager-prefix-search
> > >
> > > A look on Bugzilla shows requests to update the packages going as far back
as 2013,
> > which never got any response from the maintainer:
> > >
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?classification=Fedora&product...
> > >
> > > The only new builds in Koji over the past few years have been automated
mass
> > rebuilds. From the changelog, it doesn't seem like there has been any manual
updates
> > from the maintainer since 2012.
> > > https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=925824
> > >
> > > I've tried commenting on the Bugzilla threads, and tried sending
requests through
> > PKGDB (just before it was deprecated), to be added as a co-maintainer, but I
haven't
> > gotten any response either.
> > >
> > > These packages have been badly neglected for a long time, and no longer
work at all
> > on any supported Fedora release. I'd like to get them back in shape.
> > >
> > > ~ Andrew Toskin
> > > FAS: terrycloth
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