Thanks for all the info, very helpful. I just tried creating an account with the Fedora Account System (FAS) but was prompted with a message saying my email address has been blacklisted. Is there way I can workaround this? I'd ideally like to use my regular email address ([email protected]).
Thanks again, Sam On Sun, Jul 23, 2017, at 21:07, Ankur Sinha wrote: > (Fedora join ML CCed) > > On Wed, 2017-07-19 at 23:09 +1000, Sam Fowler wrote: > > Hi, > > Hi Sam, > > Welcome to Fedora! > > > > > I am interested in getting the python package, PyKCS11, added into > > the > > Fedora repos (specifically a python3 version). > > > > https://github.com/LudovicRousseau/PyKCS11 > > > > I have read the guide on becoming a fedora package maintainer but am > > I > > unsure if I am suited to the role. I was wondering if there's > > precedent > > for asking existing fedora package maintainers to become maintainers > > for > > new packages. > > There's a wishlist here where one can add interesting packages, and if > a maintainer is interested, they'd pick it up: > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Package_maintainers_wishlist?rd=PackageMaintainers/WishList > > In general, though, people maintain packages that they use themselves. > That way, they have a vested interest in keeping their packages up to > date, and functional in general. > > > > > The package in question, PyKCS11, has equivalent packages already > > available via pip and in Ubuntu and Debian. I was hoping that given > > the > > relative maturity of the upstream package, it would be a straight > > forward process to get the package added into fedora. > > Yea - python software is usually relatively simpler to package up. > > > > > The reason for my hesitation in becoming a fedora package maintainer > > is > > that I am a junior developer with no history of open source > > contribution > > (yet!). > > Haha - well here's the opportunity ;) > > > I am not affiliated with the upstream maintainer, Ludovic > > Rousseau, but I have contacted him to see if he would be able to add > > the > > package into Fedora. He declined but said that he did not have a > > problem > > with someone else doing it. > > Yea - it's hard for upstreams to maintain the source code and also keep > packages in various downstream distributions up to date. This is where > package maintainers come in: > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Staying_close_to_upstream_projects > > > > > I am happy to support the initial process of submitting this new > > package. It is relatively trivial to build and install rpms from the > > github repo (python setup.py bdist_rpm), and I have been testing the > > use > > of these rpms myself for sometime now. > > > > Any advice at all would be helpful. > > As you've read on the wiki I'm sure, the initial packaging and review > is only one part of the maintenance process. It's keeping the software > up to date, fixing bugs or reporting them upstream, and making sure the > software is functional in general that's the real task - i.e., the long > term maintenance. > > I would suggest just going ahead and submitting the package for review > yourself. This is another helpful wiki page that you must've come > across: > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_get_sponsored_into_the_packager_group > > -- > Thanks, > Regards, > Ankur Sinha "FranciscoD" > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha > Email had 1 attachment: > + signature.asc > 1k (application/pgp-signature) _______________________________________________ fedora-join mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
