Seeking maintainers of mathematical packages

[Jerry James]

For some years now, I have maintained a collection of mathematical packages
and some of their dependencies in Fedora.  I actually stopped using the
packages in question awhile ago, but have been maintaining them out of
inertia.  I would like to free up time to get some code checking and formal
methods packages into Fedora.  But I need to divest myself of the sagemath
and Macaulay2 stacks in order to have time to do so.

There are 241 packages listed below.  I am primary maintainer for 217 of
them.  Before anybody panics, I am not talking about orphaning them now.
My plan is to spend the next 12 months searching for people willing to step
into the primary maintainer role for these packages.  I will repeat this
message at regular intervals in hope of finding willing participants.  One
year from now, if I have not given all of these packages away, then I will
orphan the rest.

This is not a collection of packages that is falling apart.  They are high
quality packages.  Very little needs to be done right away.

If you have interest in any of the listed packages, please get in touch.
It doesn't matter if you are currently a Fedora packager or not.  If not, I
will sponsor you via the comaintainer path, and stick around until you feel
comfortable handling the package yourself.  It doesn't matter if you are
interested in only a single package.  Contact me anyway.

To help those who may be new to packaging, I have started documenting some
of my workflows.  I have a set of web pages rooted here:

https://jamezone.org/pleasure/software/Fedora/packager/

Those pages contain walk-throughs and examples illustrating how I approach
various tasks.  I'm willing to donate any of that content to Fedora, so if
you see something you think should be on docs.fedoraproject.org, feel free
to tell me so.  Also feel free to suggest additions or changes to what I
have there.

Packages for which I am the primary maintainer
----------------------------------------------
4ti2
GAPDoc
TOPCOM
antic
arb
azove
bigloo
bliss
carat
check
clblast
clisp
cocoalib
cohomCalg
coin-or-Data-Netlib
coin-or-Data-miplib3
coxeter
cryptominisat
csdp
cxsc
e-antic
ecl
eclib
ffcall
fflas-ffpack
flintqs
freetdi-gala
gap
gap-pkg-ace
gap-pkg-aclib
gap-pkg-alnuth
gap-pkg-atlasrep
gap-pkg-autodoc
gap-pkg-automata
gap-pkg-autpgrp
gap-pkg-browse
gap-pkg-caratinterface
gap-pkg-circle
gap-pkg-cohomolo
gap-pkg-congruence
gap-pkg-corelg
gap-pkg-crime
gap-pkg-crisp
gap-pkg-crypting
gap-pkg-cryst
gap-pkg-crystcat
gap-pkg-ctbllib
gap-pkg-curlinterface
gap-pkg-cvec
gap-pkg-datastructures
gap-pkg-design
gap-pkg-digraphs
gap-pkg-edim
gap-pkg-factint
gap-pkg-ferret
gap-pkg-fga
gap-pkg-fining
gap-pkg-float
gap-pkg-format
gap-pkg-forms
gap-pkg-fr
gap-pkg-francy
gap-pkg-gbnp
gap-pkg-genss
gap-pkg-grape
gap-pkg-groupoids
gap-pkg-grpconst
gap-pkg-guava
gap-pkg-hap
gap-pkg-hapcryst
gap-pkg-happrime
gap-pkg-hecke
gap-pkg-images
gap-pkg-io
gap-pkg-irredsol
gap-pkg-json
gap-pkg-jupyterkernel
gap-pkg-jupyterviz
gap-pkg-laguna
gap-pkg-liealgdb
gap-pkg-liepring
gap-pkg-liering
gap-pkg-loops
gap-pkg-lpres
gap-pkg-mapclass
gap-pkg-nautytracesinterface
gap-pkg-nq
gap-pkg-openmath
gap-pkg-orb
gap-pkg-polenta
gap-pkg-polycyclic
gap-pkg-polymaking
gap-pkg-primgrp
gap-pkg-profiling
gap-pkg-qpa
gap-pkg-quagroup
gap-pkg-radiroot
gap-pkg-recog
gap-pkg-repsn
gap-pkg-resclasses
gap-pkg-scscp
gap-pkg-semigroups
gap-pkg-singular
gap-pkg-sla
gap-pkg-smallgrp
gap-pkg-smallsemi
gap-pkg-sonata
gap-pkg-sophus
gap-pkg-spinsym
gap-pkg-tomlib
gap-pkg-toric
gap-pkg-transgrp
gap-pkg-utils
gap-pkg-uuid
gap-pkg-xmod
gap-pkg-zeromqinterface
gcl
gf2x
gfan
gmp-ecm
gnofract4d
gp2c
iml
java-diff-utils
javacc-maven-plugin
jline
jmol
jni-inchi
jol
juniversalchardet
latte-integrale
libbraiding
libdivide
libfplll
libgpuarray
libhomfly
libpoly
libsemigroups
libsvm
linbox
lrslib
m4ri
m4rie
material-icons-fonts
mathic
mathicgb
maven-doxia
maven-doxia-sitetools
maven-reporting-api
maven-reporting-impl
mcqd
memtailor
minisat2
mpfi
mpsolve
naga
nauty
normaliz
ocaml-tplib
pari
pari-elldata
pari-galdata
pari-galpol
pari-nflistdata
pari-nftables
pari-seadata
permlib
pl
polymake
polyml
primecount
pynac
python-BTrees
python-ZEO
python-ZODB
python-ZODB3
python-fastcache
python-gmpy2
python-j1m.sphinxautozconfig
python-jupymake
python-jupyter-kernel-singular
python-jupyter-polymake
python-manuel
python-pari-jupyter
python-persistent
python-pplpy
python-pysingular
python-random2
python-readthedocs-sphinx-ext
python-repoze-sphinx-autointerface
python-sphinx-copy-button
python-sphinx-math-dollar
python-sphinx-testing
python-sphinx_rtd_theme
python-sphinxcontrib-zopeext
python-tdlib
python-theano
python-zodbpickle
python-zope-testrunner
qd
qepcad-B
rubiks
saclib
scala
scalacheck
sharedmeataxe
sirocco
stp
subunit
symmetrica
sympol
sympy
tlx
tth
vinci
xgap
zn_poly

Packages for which I am comaintainer.  This serves as notice to the primary
maintainers that I am stepping away from actively working on these packages.
The primary maintainer is listed after the package name.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
cddlib: pcpa
flint: pcpa
givaro: mycae
libedit: branto
ntl: rdieter
tbb: trodgers; see https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/jjames/TBB2021/
     for my take on what the next version of tbb should look like

Packages for which I am neither primary maintainer nor comaintainer, but
I've
been maintaining them anyway.  As above, this serves as notice to the
primary
maintainer that I am stepping away from active maintenance of these
packages.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
L-function: pcpa
Macaulay2: rdieter
Singular: pcpa
brial: pcpa
cliquer: pcpa
fes: pcpa
frobby: rdieter
lrcalc: pcpa
palp: pcpa
planarity: pcpa
ppl: bagnara
python-cypari2: pcpa
python-cysignals: pcpa
python-fpylll: pcpa
rw: pcpa
sagemath: pcpa
surf-geometry: pcpa
sympow: pcpa

As far as I know, neither bagnara nor pcpa is actively involved in Fedora
anymore, so once I step away from their packages, the packages will
effectively be unmaintained.

If you want to see how these packages are related to each other, here is a
graph showing all of the packages I am involved with in Fedora:

https://jamezone.org/pleasure/software/Fedora/fedora.pdf

The black ovals are packages for which I am primary maintainer, blue are
packages for which I am comaintainer, green are packages for which I am
neither but I maintain the package anyway, and red are packages that I
normally don't touch except for the occasional rebuild due to an soname
bump or similar.  The ones I am talking about stepping away from are
primarily on the right half of the diagram.

Regards,
-- 
Jerry James
http://www.jamezone.org/