"sustmi" GNOME Shell packages should be orphaned -- I'd like to take over

[Andrew Toskin]

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

[Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek]

/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

[Andrew Toskin]

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.

~ 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

[Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek]

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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[Till Maas]

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. 
This is the policy/process for these cases:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Policy_for_nonresponsive_package_maintainers

Kind regards
Till