How do I find the maintainers of a package ?
Hi, when maintaining/configuring my systems I occasionally make changes that I think would be generally useful. What is the easiest way of bringing an idea to the attention of a package maintainer if he likes the idea I would then collect up push what I have done, etc. I have looked at the URL below, but it does not give what I want: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Package_Maintainers?rd=PackageMaintainers The package that I am looking at today is dhcp. If you have more than one interface and need different parameters on each interface the current setup does not work - mine does and cleanly drops back to the current config. Regards -- Alain Williams Linux/GNU Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT Lecturer. +44 (0) 787 668 0256 http://www.phcomp.co.uk/ Parliament Hill Computers Ltd. Registration Information: http://www.phcomp.co.uk/contact.php #include std_disclaimer.h -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
Re: How do I find the maintainers of a package ?
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 1:39 PM, Alain Williams a...@phcomp.co.uk wrote: Hi, when maintaining/configuring my systems I occasionally make changes that I think would be generally useful. What is the easiest way of bringing an idea to the attention of a package maintainer if he likes the idea I would then collect up push what I have done, etc. I have looked at the URL below, but it does not give what I want: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Package_Maintainers?rd=PackageMaintainers The package that I am looking at today is dhcp. If you have more than one interface and need different parameters on each interface the current setup does not work - mine does and cleanly drops back to the current config. File a Bug in Bugzilla at https://bugzilla.redhat.com. It will be assigned to the maintainer of the component you select. -J Regards -- Alain Williams Linux/GNU Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT Lecturer. +44 (0) 787 668 0256 http://www.phcomp.co.uk/ Parliament Hill Computers Ltd. Registration Information: http://www.phcomp.co.uk/contact.php #include std_disclaimer.h -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel -- http://cecinestpasunefromage.wordpress.com/ in your fear, seek only peace in your fear, seek only love -d. bowie -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
Re: How do I find the maintainers of a package ?
On 10/23/2012 12:39 PM, Alain Williams wrote: Hi, when maintaining/configuring my systems I occasionally make changes that I think would be generally useful. What is the easiest way of bringing an idea to the attention of a package maintainer if he likes the idea I would then collect up push what I have done, etc. I have looked at the URL below, but it does not give what I want: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Package_Maintainers?rd=PackageMaintainers The package that I am looking at today is dhcp. If you have more than one interface and need different parameters on each interface the current setup does not work - mine does and cleanly drops back to the current config. You should be able to email packagename-ow...@fedoraproject.org and it will get to whoever owns the package. One caveat is make sure its the *package name* as the src.rpm would be named, not the sub-packages it may produce. -- Nathanael d. Noblet t 403.875.4613 -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
Re: How do I find the maintainers of a package ?
On Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:49:01 -0600 Nathanael D. Noblet nathan...@gnat.ca wrote: You should be able to email packagename-ow...@fedoraproject.org and it will get to whoever owns the package. One caveat is make sure its the *package name* as the src.rpm would be named, not the sub-packages it may produce. Yep. However as noted it's usually much better to file a bug. bugs are public, so other people can see it and provide feedback. bugs stay around attached to the package even if the current maintainers are no longer able to maintain the package. New maintainers would never have seen any email you sent directly in the past. It's much easier to mark bugs duplicate and such. Anyhow, when in doubt, please just file a bug. ;) kevin signature.asc Description: PGP signature -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
Re: How do I find the maintainers of a package ?
On Tue, 2012-10-23 at 19:39 +0100, Alain Williams wrote: Hi, when maintaining/configuring my systems I occasionally make changes that I think would be generally useful. What is the easiest way of bringing an idea to the attention of a package maintainer if he likes the idea I would then collect up push what I have done, etc. I have looked at the URL below, but it does not give what I want: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Package_Maintainers?rd=PackageMaintainers The package that I am looking at today is dhcp. If you have more than one interface and need different parameters on each interface the current setup does not work - mine does and cleanly drops back to the current config. In addition to all the other answers covering the right way to do things, a couple of other options... If you really want to *know who the maintainer is* - not just contact 'the maintainer' and wait for them to get back - you can check it at https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/ . https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/acls/name/dhcp tells you the owner is jpopelka. That's the 'right way'. Or you can do the AdamW Patented Dumb Fast Way: rpm -q --changelog dhcp-client | less and see who makes the most commits to the package, then mail that person. Even if they're not technically the package owner...they're probably the person you want. -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | identi.ca: adamwfedora http://www.happyassassin.net -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
