Volonteering to own orphaned Java packages JLex and JDom

[Edmon Begoli]

Hi,

Packages JLex and JDom have been recently orphaned and I am volunteering to
be a new owner of these.

I am a new as a packager, so I would need to be approved and sponsored
as a packager
and to be a new owner of these for Fedora 14+.

I am already Fedora contributor, and I am member of other projects and
CVS groups,
but I do not have CVS packaging privileges yet.

I am experienced software developer with 14 years in Java and 15 years
on RedHat Linux.
I am a member of the research staff at Oak Ridge National Lab
(http://computing.ornl.gov),
and PhD student in Computer Science at UTK (http://utk.edu).

My FAS account is: ebegoli I have account on fedorapeople and my keys
are up to date.

Please approve me, if that is appropriate, as the new owner of JLex
and JDom packages.

Thank you,
Edmon

[Jon Ciesla]

On 04/22/2010 04:08 PM, Edmon Begoli wrote:
>  Hi,
>
>  Packages JLex and JDom have been recently orphaned and I am volunteering to
>  be a new owner of these.
>
>  I am a new as a packager, so I would need to be approved and sponsored
>  as a packager
>  and to be a new owner of these for Fedora 14+.
>
>  I am already Fedora contributor, and I am member of other projects and
>  CVS groups,
>  but I do not have CVS packaging privileges yet.
>
>  I am experienced software developer with 14 years in Java and 15 years
>  on RedHat Linux.
>  I am a member of the research staff at Oak Ridge National Lab
>  (http://computing.ornl.gov),
>  and PhD student in Computer Science at UTK (http://utk.edu).
>
>  My FAS account is: ebegoli I have account on fedorapeople and my keys
>  are up to date.
>
>  Please approve me, if that is appropriate, as the new owner of JLex
>  and JDom packages.
>
>  Thank you,
>  Edmon
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See:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/Join

You'll need to submit a package for review, etc.

Once your review is submitted, you could email the -devel list or this 
list, explain the situation, and you may find someone willing to work 
with you in this process.

Thanks and best of luck,

-J

[Garrett Holmstrom]

On 22 Apr 2010, at 16:12, Jon Ciesla wrote:
On 04/22/2010 04:08 PM, Edmon Begoli wrote:
> > Packages JLex and JDom have been recently orphaned and I am
> volunteering to
> > be a new owner of these.
> > 
> > I am a new as a packager, so I would need to be approved and sponsored
> > as a packager
> > and to be a new owner of these for Fedora 14+.
>  
>  You'll need to submit a package for review, etc.
>  
>  Once your review is submitted, you could email the -devel list or this 
>  list, explain the situation, and you may find someone willing to work 
>  with you in this process. 
You have to submit a new package review to get sponsorship when all you're doing is
picking up an orphan?  Why not just ask for informal package reviews like new people who
want to bring in new packages usually do?

[Jason L Tibbitts III]

> >>>> "GH" == Garrett Holmstrom
> <gholms(a)fedoraproject.org&gt; writes: 
GH> You have to submit a new package review to get sponsorship when all
GH> you're doing is picking up an orphan?

Actually there is no specific rule.  Sponsors are free to sponsor
whomever they wish, but of course they will all want to see familiarity
with the packaging guidelines.  I believe the Java community has at
least one sponsor who could help in this situation.

GH> Why not just ask for informal package reviews like new people who
GH> want to bring in new packages usually do?

Well, do keep in mind that informal reviews are only part of the
process.  The actual submitted package is part of the procedure as
well.  Without a submitted package, it's far more difficult to get a
feel for how someone will actually handle packaging.

 - J<