datamash long term FTBFS - how to apply for maintainership before it's retired
Hello,
Datamash was mentioned in the last long term FTBFS announcement mail.
I know how to fix the datamash build [1], however, its maintainer is
currently inactive. [2]
I think I could manage to maintain just another Fedora package (my fas
handle is: gsauthof) - so, what is the best way to request
maintainership of the datamash package?
The announcement stated that it's going to be retired 'around
2023-02-08'.
So I'm not 100 % sure if that retirement is instant or if it's going to
be orphaned first, as part of that retirement process.
Should I just wait for datamash being orphaned and then take it over via
some button on the package's src.fedoraproject.org project page?
Or is it better do apply for maintainer somehow now to avoid the orphaned stage?
Best regards,
Georg
[1]: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2056736#c10
[2]: cf. ftbfs bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2045298
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