[Bug 523715] Review Request: logiweb - a system for electronic distribution of mathematics

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--- Comment #51 from Klaus Grue <grue at diku.dk> 2010-03-21 11:52:28 EDT ---
> But before I accept this package, someone ... must sponsor you.

OK

> ... (I am a candidate) ...

Thanks

> ... For this reason, the person who want to be sponsored (like you) 
> are required to "show that you have an understanding 
> of the process and of the packaging guidelines" ...

I'm not sure I know the packaging guidelines well enough yet, but I
will make a try and hope I will learn while doing.

> You are the upstream of this software so maybe you are not interested
> in other pkgs on Fedora, however please at try to do a pre-review
> of at least one package of other person, or submit another review
> request.   

Maybe I should do both.

I happen to have another candidate for packaging: the 'Logiweb demon'
which, given a 'string' (a Logiweb reference) returns an http url for
retrieving the bytes associated to the reference. The demon is in
Logiweb-0.1.x but I took it out of Logiweb-0.2.x because only users
who run their own Apache web-server can use the demon. The demon has
these properties:
- It must run as root.
- It is invoked from an init script.
- After initial setup, it drops privileges and runs as user 'logiweb'.
- It does a chroot to protect its surroundings.
- It interacts with the Apache web-server.
- It communicates with logiweb demons on other machines via UDP.
In the Fedora documentation I have read a warning somewhere that
one should not package something like that in ones first rpm. But I
could give it a try now.

Concerning a package review, I have picked this one at random:

Bug 575502 - Review Request: scponly - Limited shell for secure file transfers  

I have put myself on the CC List of that bug but otherwise done
nothing. Do you think it would be reasonable if I go through that
package, following the checklists? Or is there some other package
you would suggest me to look upon?

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