Package review requests: Splitting the "sustmi" GNOME Shell extensions into separate packages

[Andrew Toskin]

I'm the RPM package maintainer for these two GNOME Shell extensions:

* gnome-shell-extension-sustmi-windowoverlay-icons
* gnome-shell-extension-sustmi-historymanager-prefix-search

They're both currently subpackages of the main "sustmi" package, because
upstream had been developing them in a single git repository. The two shell extensions
have nothing to do with each other, though, and upstream finally decided to split them
into separate repositories. So I think it now makes sense to also split them into separate
packages.

I'm not entirely clear on the procedure. This wiki page

    https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrade_paths_%E2%80%94_renaming_or_splitt...

talks at first about *font* packages, but otherwise seems relevant. So, I've started
by splitting and updating the spec files, and creating these review requests. As I
understand it, because the packages were already accepted into Fedora, and the extension
code hasn't changed, just the packaging, I think all a reviewer should really need to
check is whether the upgrade path is sane and works properly.

* HistoryManager Prefix Search -- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1506428
* WindowOverlay Icons -- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1506429

Please take a look, and let me know if I've missed anything.

Thanks,
~ Andrew / terrycloth

[Andrew Toskin]

Update: I'm still working on splitting the "sustmi" GNOME Shell extension
subpackages into their own packages. I've opened an issue on the releng pagure page:

https://pagure.io/releng/issue/7124

I've also executed `fedpkg retire ...` for the old package on EPEL7, f27, and master.
And the package review requests for the newly split packages have passed. The Bugzilla
threads are here:

* HistoryManager Prefix Search -- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1506428
* WindowOverlay Icons -- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1506429

I *think* I might be done with my part of the process, but I haven't gotten any
feedback in a little while. Is there anything else I need to do?

Thanks,
~ Andrew Toskin / terrycloth


> I'm the RPM package maintainer for these two GNOME Shell extensions:
> 
> * gnome-shell-extension-sustmi-windowoverlay-icons
> * gnome-shell-extension-sustmi-historymanager-prefix-search
> 
> They're both currently subpackages of the main "sustmi" package,
because
> upstream had been developing them in a single git repository. The two shell
extensions
> have nothing to do with each other, though, and upstream finally decided to split
them
> into separate repositories. So I think it now makes sense to also split them into
separate
> packages.
> 
> I'm not entirely clear on the procedure. This wiki page
> 
>     https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrade_paths_%E2%80%94_renaming_or_splitt...
> 
> talks at first about *font* packages, but otherwise seems relevant. So, I've
started
> by splitting and updating the spec files, and creating these review requests. As I
> understand it, because the packages were already accepted into Fedora, and the
extension
> code hasn't changed, just the packaging, I think all a reviewer should really
need to
> check is whether the upgrade path is sane and works properly.
> 
> * HistoryManager Prefix Search --
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1506428
> * WindowOverlay Icons -- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1506429
> 
> Please take a look, and let me know if I've missed anything.
> 
> Thanks,
> ~ Andrew / terrycloth

[Andrew Toskin]

One more time: both of the newly split packages have been marked as approved on Bugzilla,
but I can't get anyone to do whatever final approval is needed for the old
"sustmi" GNOME Shell extensions to become two separate packages in Fedora. I
started this process back in October. I'd like to be done with it now :)

~ Andrew Toskin / FAS: terrycloth

> Update: I'm still working on splitting the "sustmi" GNOME Shell
extension
> subpackages into their own packages. I've opened an issue on the releng pagure
page:
> 
> https://pagure.io/releng/issue/7124
> 
> I've also executed `fedpkg retire ...` for the old package on EPEL7, f27, and
master.
> And the package review requests for the newly split packages have passed. The
Bugzilla
> threads are here:
> 
> * HistoryManager Prefix Search --
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1506428
> * WindowOverlay Icons -- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1506429
> 
> I *think* I might be done with my part of the process, but I haven't gotten any
> feedback in a little while. Is there anything else I need to do?
> 
> Thanks,
> ~ Andrew Toskin / terrycloth
> 
> 
> > I'm the RPM package maintainer for these two GNOME Shell extensions:
> > 
> > * gnome-shell-extension-sustmi-windowoverlay-icons
> > * gnome-shell-extension-sustmi-historymanager-prefix-search
> > 
> > They're both currently subpackages of the main "sustmi" package,
> because
> > upstream had been developing them in a single git repository. The two shell
> extensions
> > have nothing to do with each other, though, and upstream finally decided to
split
> them
> > into separate repositories. So I think it now makes sense to also split them
into
> separate
> > packages.
> > 
> > I'm not entirely clear on the procedure. This wiki page
> > 
> >    
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrade_paths_%E2%80%94_renaming_or_splitt...
> > 
> > talks at first about *font* packages, but otherwise seems relevant. So,
I've
> started
> > by splitting and updating the spec files, and creating these review requests. As
I
> > understand it, because the packages were already accepted into Fedora, and the
> extension
> > code hasn't changed, just the packaging, I think all a reviewer should
really
> need to
> > check is whether the upgrade path is sane and works properly.
> > 
> > * HistoryManager Prefix Search --
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1506428
> > * WindowOverlay Icons -- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1506429
> > 
> > Please take a look, and let me know if I've missed anything.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > ~ Andrew / terrycloth

[Rex Dieter]

Andrew Toskin wrote:

>  One more time: both of the newly split packages have been marked as
>  approved on Bugzilla, but I can't get anyone to do whatever final approval
>  is needed for the old "sustmi" GNOME Shell extensions to become two
>  separate packages in Fedora. I started this process back in October. I'd
>  like to be done with it now :) 
I added comments in bugzilla, but for posterity here:

Next steps (for submitter/maintainer):

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Join_the_package_collection_maintainers?rd...

-- Rex