APAC Web FAD proposal -> Package maintainer's wishlist clean up

[Ankur Sinha]

Hi folks,

I propose a simple web-FAD to clean up the package maintainer's
wishlist[1]. It shouldn't really take up more than an hour if we have a
few people working on this.

Q. What is the wishlist?
A. It's a list of packages that fedora users would like to see in the
fedora repositories. Unfortunately, the list is not well maintained and
thus, gives inaccurate information to package maintainers.

Q. Benefits of the clean up?
A. Package maintainers will benefit from a well maintained wish-list.
It's a good place to direct prospective package maintainers too, when
they're looking for packages to get started with.

Q. How much time will it take?
A. Maybe an hour and a half, two at the most.

Q. What do I need to carry?
A. A connection to the interweb, a web browser, IRC client. Optional but
recommended: Pizza, bacon, coffee, beer, $food, $music.

Q. Why APAC specific?
A. Folks from one region are more likely to be available at a certain
time. Any one interested is more than welcome to join in, as always. :)

Q. What do I need to know?
A. Reading/writing/wiki editing. Use of package manager tools, bugzilla,
packagedb. Should have FAS account to be able to edit wiki.

Q. What do I need to do?
A. Simple workflow:
- Pick up a package listed in the wishlist
- Check if it is already packaged, or if a review ticket has already
been filed on bugzilla
- Modify wiki page accordingly.

Q. What can I learn during this FAD?
A. Using yum/$package_manager; using bugzilla; package maintainers
process; meet people, get to know your community folks, above all, *have
fun*.

Q. Future plans?
A. See if anyone would like to take over the responsibility of
maintaining the wish list. We could even repeat the FAD every month or
two.

I haven't thought of a time yet. APAC folks, are you up for it? Please
reply with a date and time that is convenient to you. Sometime this
week, Wednesday/Thursday would be nice.

Please forward the e-mail to other APAC regional mailing lists. I'm
cc'ing the Join and India lists.

[1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Package_maintainers_wishlist

[Sourav Basu]

Hello Ankur,

I am interested in doing this but I want to let you know I do not belong to the packagers group. Also I have little idea of wiki editing [never did one so following your wiki link now :)]. Hope reading the wiki will let me know enough to get started. Also it would be good if we do it on a Sunday or at night on any weekday (maybe start at 21:00 IST) since I've college to attend during the day.

Regards,

Sourav

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[Akshay Vyas]

> Hi folks,
> I propose a simple web-FAD to clean up the package maintainer's
> wishlist[1]. It shouldn't really take up more than an hour if we have a
> few people working on this.
> Q. What is the wishlist?
> A. It's a list of packages that fedora users would like to see in the
> fedora repositories. Unfortunately, the list is not well maintained and
> thus, gives inaccurate information to package maintainers.
> Q. Benefits of the clean up?
> A. Package maintainers will benefit from a well maintained wish-list.
> It's a good place to direct prospective package maintainers too, when
> they're looking for packages to get started with.
> Q. How much time will it take?
> A. Maybe an hour and a half, two at the most.
> Q. What do I need to carry?
> A. A connection to the interweb, a web browser, IRC client. Optional but
> recommended: Pizza, bacon, coffee, beer, $food, $music.
> Q. Why APAC specific?
> A. Folks from one region are more likely to be available at a certain
> time. Any one interested is more than welcome to join in, as always. :)
> Q. What do I need to know?
> A. Reading/writing/wiki editing. Use of package manager tools, bugzilla,
> packagedb. Should have FAS account to be able to edit wiki.
> Q. What do I need to do?
> A. Simple workflow:
> Pick up a package listed in the wishlist
> Check if it is already packaged, or if a review ticket has already
>
> been filed on bugzilla
> Modify wiki page accordingly.
> Q. What can I learn during this FAD?
> A. Using yum/$package_manager; using bugzilla; package maintainers
> process; meet people, get to know your community folks, above all, *have
> fun*.
> Q. Future plans?
> A. See if anyone would like to take over the responsibility of
> maintaining the wish list. We could even repeat the FAD every month or
> two.
> I haven't thought of a time yet. APAC folks, are you up for it? Please
> reply with a date and time that is convenient to you. Sometime this
> week, Wednesday/Thursday would be nice.
> Please forward the e-mail to other APAC regional mailing lists. I'm
> cc'ing the Join and India lists.

Hi Ankur sinha

Do we have any criterian on that like which packages should be removed
or kept in the wish list

[Ankur Sinha]

On Mon, 2012-10-29 at 21:27 +0530, Akshay Vyas wrote:
> Do we have any criterian on that like which packages should be removed
> or kept in the wish list

Hi Akshay,

Please read the description on the wishlist wiki page[1]. It should tell
you what you need to know. In short

1. Packages that you'd like in Fedora but cannot package yourself go
into the wishlist.
2. Clean up implies going through the list and marking packages that
have already been packaged. (We haven't decided what the best way to
mark these is yet)
3. Mark packages that have already been identified with legal issues, so
package maintainers don't try to package them again.

[Ankur Sinha]

On Mon, 2012-10-29 at 08:24 -0700, Sourav Basu wrote:
> Hello Ankur,
>
> I am interested in doing this but I want to let you know I do not
> belong to the packagers group. Also I have little idea of wiki editing
> [never did one so following your wiki link now :)]. Hope reading the
> wiki will let me know enough to get started. Also it would be good if
> we do it on a Sunday or at night on any weekday (maybe start at 21:00
> IST) since I've college to attend during the day.

Hi Sourav,

You don't need to be a package maintainer to take part in this FAD. The
wiki is fairly simple to get started with.

I cannot guarantee the timing though, since 2100 IST is 0130 local time
for me, which I probably will not be able to make. Let's see. I'm sure
we can think up something.

[Sourav Basu]

> Hi Sourav,
> You don't need to be a package maintainer to take part in this FAD. The
> wiki is fairly simple to get started with.
> I cannot guarantee the timing though, since 2100 IST is 0130 local time
> for me, which I probably will not be able to make. Let's see. I'm sure
> we can think up something.

Hi Ankur,

I think Sunday would be a good option. I can work anytime on Sunday. We can settle the time anyday on IRC after there are good number of volunteers. Watsay?
 
Regards,

Sourav

[Akshay Vyas]

> Packages that you'd like in Fedora but cannot package yourself go
>
> into the wishlist.
> 2. Clean up implies going through the list and marking packages that
> have already been packaged. (We haven't decided what the best way to
> mark these is yet)

Ok, so we will decide in meeting what we have to do with packages that are
already packaged..Cool...i will be there :)
> Mark packages that have already been identified with legal issues, so
>
> package maintainers don't try to package them again.
> > Hi Sourav,
> > You don't need to be a package maintainer to take part in this FAD. The
> > wiki is fairly simple to get started with.
> > I cannot guarantee the timing though, since 2100 IST is 0130 local time
> > for me, which I probably will not be able to make. Let's see. I'm sure
> > we can think up something.
>
> Hi Ankur,
>
> I think Sunday would be a good option. I can work anytime on Sunday. We can
> settle the time anyday on IRC after there are good number of volunteers.
> Watsay?

Hi Saurav

Please fill the Doodle created by Tuan
http://www.doodle.com/2einn7265vwvg7pw#table
> Regards,
>
> Sourav
>
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[Ankur Sinha]

On Mon, 2012-10-29 at 16:26 +1100, Ankur Sinha wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I propose a simple web-FAD to clean up the package maintainer's
> wishlist[1]. It shouldn't really take up more than an hour if we have
> a
> few people working on this.

Hi folks,

I'm happy to report that we've completed the work we had taken up. More
info here[1]. The wishlist, with it's new look is still here[2]

I'm grateful to everyone who took time out and participated. :)

[1]
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha/FAD:Web_Cleanup_wishlist

[2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Package_maintainers_wishlist