[EPEL-devel] Re: EPEL Meeting 2016-03-08

[Kevin Fenzi]

On Wed, 9 Mar 2016 12:12:53 -0700
Stephen John Smoogen <smooge(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

>  We did not get quorum for this meeting. I would like to get the
>  remaining EPEL Steering Committee members input on the following
>  items:
>  
>  1. A replacement for Dennis Gilmore's seat.
>   -- I am standing for this seat. If others feel they would do well
>  here, we can do an election as needed.
>  2. An emergency fix for Django14. This package is required by a lot of
>  different packages in EL-6. There isn't an easy fix here.
>   -a- We remove all django and django required packages from EPEL. 
Not a nice option. 

>   -b- We re-review Django14 and put it in. However there are 4+
>  security problems which can't be fixed without a major version move.
>  Because of this , the package may not pass review. 
We actually don't need to review it... if it's been retired less than 2
weeks, we can just unretire it. We do need someone(s) to take over
point of contact though. 

I guess I could do it, but is anyone else willing first? :) 

>   -c- We skip re-review in this case and put the package back in. We
> do
>  so with an explicite end of life of 180 days (or 7.3 if that is
>  sooner) with either -a- happening or a python27 is packaged AND a
>  django 1.8 AND the packages requiring 1.4 are updated to 1.8. 
Yeah, a time limit might be nice, but not sure how long all the various
projects need + how long it will take to bring up a python27 + django1.8

Are any folks willing to work on this?

kevin