Copr hosting?

[R Mercado]

Hello,

(short question)
Is there among the fedora sites a location to host the src.rpm I will
generate for copr?

Thanks,
RM

(longer explanation)
I am interested in copr to create a repository where I intend to provide
a fixed version of a program on Fedora 21 using fixes available
upstream.

I have created a "project" in copr following the first few steps of
https://fedorahosted.org/copr/wiki/ScreenshotsTutorial

https://copr.fedoraproject.org/coprs/kiso49j/shotwell/

I am expected to enter a location where the src.rpm of my project is
located but I don't have any place to host it.

[R Mercado]

Dear Michael,

Thanks for the reply. Indeed there are bugs in shotwell 0.20.2-2 that
have been solved upstream. I guess those fixes are in Fedora 22 already,
not so in Fedora 21. I don't mind publishing something once I'm
satisfied.

RM

[R Mercado]

Dear Matthew and Rahul,

Thanks for the replies. I realised today that the src.rpm can go into a
public folder in dropbox. I will attempt to point copr there.

RM

[Michael Schwendt]

On Tue, 05 May 2015 23:30:48 +0100, R Mercado wrote:

>  I am interested in copr to create a repository where I intend to
> provide
>  a fixed version of a program on Fedora 21 using fixes available
>  upstream. 
>  https://copr.fedoraproject.org/coprs/kiso49j/shotwell/ 
So, something's wrong with Fedora's shotwell package, and instead of
fix it you want to introduce a repository to publish inofficial packages?

It would be much more interesting and helpful to consider becoming
a co-maintainer of shotwell at Fedora. There are many packages where
the existing maintainer doesn't reject help/contributions.

* https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Package_Maintainers
* https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_get_sponsored_into_the_packager_group

[Rahul Sundaram]

Hi

On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 7:57 PM, Matthew Miller  wrote:
>  Wow, that was really long and I hope at least half coherent. If someone
>  knows of a better explanation, please point me to it. :) 

I have edited the page at
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/fedorapeople.org and added a
short practical way to get the access needed

Rahul

[Matthew Miller]

On Tue, May 05, 2015 at 11:56:39PM +0100, R Mercado wrote:
>  > > (short question)
>  > > Is there among the fedora sites a location to host the src.rpm I will
>  > > generate for copr?
>  > Yep — you can put it on fedorapeople.org. See
>  > <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/fedorapeople.org>
>  Thanks for the link. There is one requisite mentioned:
>  "2. You must be sponsored in at least one group that is not a cla*
>  group"
>  What is a "group" and how do I get sponsored?  
Wow, that's a little jargony -- sorry. Here's the deal. It's the end of
the day so this is kind of long (no time to write a short message)...

1. "Group" in this context means one of the many different security
groups in the Fedora Account System (FAS). You can log into that and
see the groups here:
<https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/group/list/A*> or see your
own at the bottom of the page under "My Accounts". 

2. The "cla*" group means you've agreed to the Fedora Project
Contributor Agreement, which actually _obsoletes_ the Contributor
License Agreement (CLA) -- but the group name stayed the same. (The
Contributor Agreement is very minimal, and basically means your
contributions will be under free / open source licenses.)

3. Other groups are used for access to many other things. For example,
to vote in Fedora Ambassador elections, you need to be in the Fedora
Ambassador group.

4. A lot of things in Fedora are meant for active contributors, not
just people who randomly signed up for an account. Since the cla*
group has basically no barrier to entry (check a box and you're in),
many _general_ resources in Fedora require you to be in at least one
other group as well -- it doesn't matter which one.

5. Sooooooooo. In order to get a fedorapeople.org account, you just
have to be active somewhere else in the project. If you are already,
you probably already qualify.

6. If you're not... you _can_ apply for group membership within the
account system, but the various groups are kind of arbitrary and
without context. Some are obsolete. (It's pretty easy to start a small
subproject in Fedora, and we don't really have a cleanup process, so
that's a natural consequence.) So, it's probably better to find an
active group in Fedora that you're interested in, and find out if they
have a related security group and will sponsor you. For example,
there's one for Fedora Magazine -- interested in writing a few short
blog posts? :)


Wow, that was really long and I hope at least half coherent. If someone
knows of a better explanation, please point me to it. :)



-- 
Matthew Miller
<mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org&gt;
Fedora Project Leader

[R Mercado]

On Tue, 2015-05-05 at 23:56 +0100, R Mercado wrote:
>  On Tue, 2015-05-05 at 18:47 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
>  > On Tue, May 05, 2015 at 11:30:48PM +0100, R Mercado wrote:
>  > > Hello,
>  > > (short question)
>  > > Is there among the fedora sites a location to host the src.rpm I will
>  > > generate for copr?
>  > 
>  > Yep — you can put it on fedorapeople.org. See
>  > <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/fedorapeople.org>
>  
>  Thanks for the link. There is one requisite mentioned:
>  
>  "2. You must be sponsored in at least one group that is not a cla*
>  group"
>  
>  What is a "group" and how do I get sponsored? 
>  
>  Thanks,
>  
>  RM
>  
>   
I have now looked harder, found groups in
https://admin.fedoraproject.org and just requested to join fedora-uk.
The status says "unapproved". Is the sponsorship related to the
approval?

[R Mercado]

On Tue, 2015-05-05 at 18:47 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
>  On Tue, May 05, 2015 at 11:30:48PM +0100, R Mercado wrote:
>  > Hello,
>  > (short question)
>  > Is there among the fedora sites a location to host the src.rpm I will
>  > generate for copr?
>  
>  Yep — you can put it on fedorapeople.org. See
>  <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/fedorapeople.org> 
Thanks for the link. There is one requisite mentioned:

"2. You must be sponsored in at least one group that is not a cla*
group"

What is a "group" and how do I get sponsored? 

Thanks,

RM

[Matthew Miller]

On Tue, May 05, 2015 at 11:30:48PM +0100, R Mercado wrote:
>  Hello,
>  (short question)
>  Is there among the fedora sites a location to host the src.rpm I will
>  generate for copr? 
Yep — you can put it on fedorapeople.org. See
<https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/fedorapeople.org>


-- 
Matthew Miller
<mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org&gt;
Fedora Project Leader