Abandoned packages (mediawiki-openid and php-pear-Auth-OpenID-2.1.1)

[Kevin Fenzi]

On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 01:34:46 -0700
Kurt Seifried <kurt at seifried.org> wrote:

> So I've followed the process at
> 
> As per
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Policy_for_nonresponsive_package_maintainers
> 
> With zero response from anyone so far (nothing from the maintainer,
> nothing from anyone who might know how to contact the
> maintainer/etc.).

:( 

I was hoping he would chime in... he's been pretty busy in the past,
but always chimed in when needed. 

> So how do I go about this part of the process then:
> 
>     * If at least one FESco member approves the takeover, and no one
> objects within 3 days, you may take over the package.

I'll approve it as a fesco member. ;) Just ping me in 3 days and we can
add you to the package. 

> -Kurt

kevin
--
> 
> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 7:01 PM, Kurt Seifried <kurt at seifried.org>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I am emailing the list. It has now been almost 6 weeks since I filed
> > the bugs (with solutions) and added comments asking for a response.
> > Both of these packages as shipped are broken out of the box, and the
> > php-pear-Auth-OpenID-2.1.1 is incompatible with the shipped version
> > of PHP to add insult to injury.
> >
> > Does anyone know how to contact the maintainers of the packages:
> >
> > php-pear-Auth-OpenID-2.1.1
> > mediawiki-openid
> >
> > The bugs are:
> >
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659930
> > php-pear-Auth-OpenID-2.1.1 is incompatible with PHP 5.3
> >
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659926
> > Multiple wrong filenames in require_once directives for
> > php-pear-Auth-OpenID-2
> >
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659925
> > Multiple wrong filenames in require_once directives for
> > mediawiki-openid
> >
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659921
> > Documentation error in README.1st
> >
> > I would like to take ownership of these packages and update/correct
> > them so that they actually work and are maintained.
> >
> > --
> > Kurt Seifried
> > kurt at seifried.org
> > skype: 1-703-879-3176
> >
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