One thing I still don't understand is why all of our java packages are orphan-affected by the orphaning of java-1.8.0-openjdk. None of them BuildRequires a JDK, and the source/target/release values for the packages range from 6 to 17. Can anyone shed some light on this please?
Cheers, Chris On Wed, 26 Apr 2023 at 14:56, Gary Buhrmaster <gary.buhrmas...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 9:04 AM Alexander Bokovoy <aboko...@redhat.com> > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > This morning I woke up to find that packages I maintain were orphaned > > out of blue. Nobody contacted the maintainers, nobody raised any tickets > > to releng, as far as I can see. Yet, releng ran the orphaning from what > > I saw in a few bugs. > > > > What is happening? Who and how made those decisions? > > Removing inactive packagers (who have not > made any package updates, nor responded to > direct emails, for an extended period are removed > from the packagers group as part of good > security hygiene per: > > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fesco/Policy_for_inactive_packagers/ > > It is an artifact of that fact that in Fedora, packages > have only one main admin, and when that packager > is removed from the packagers group, their packages > get orphaned (there is no automated promotion, > and nor should there be, to select one of the other > maintainers, as that would also imply other > responsibilities that one might not want). You (or > other interested packager) can go to: > https://src.fedoraproject.org > and "Take" that packager to become the new > main admin/owner. > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue >
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