[ACTION REQUIRED] Retiring packages for F-17

[Bruno Wolff III]

On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 11:48:35 +0100,
  Brendan Jones <brendan.jones.it at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 01/14/2012 07:12 PM, Kevin Kofler wrote:
> I agree! If a package is orphaned, can't we automatically escalate
> ownership to the next co-maintainer (when there is one - perhaps the
> one with the most commits for example).
> 
> If a package is being orphaned for legitimate reasons, the owner
> should announce the intention to their co-maintainers first and they
> can opt to remove their ACLs before the package is orphaned.

Currently to change ownership you need to orphan the package first so that
the co-maintainer can take ownership. There isn't a one step way to
give away a package.