Re: Trying to take an orphaned package

2021-11-30 Thread Otto Urpelainen
Blaise Pabon kirjoitti 29.11.2021 klo 18.38: Hi Otto On Sat, Nov 27, 2021 at 7:17 AM Otto Urpelainen wrote: The first link is about other docs than the Package Maintainer Docs, with some critical comments from you about the use of Antora in docs.fp.o. The latter two are about Pagure. So

Re: Trying to take an orphaned package

2021-11-29 Thread Blaise Pabon
Hi Otto On Sat, Nov 27, 2021 at 7:17 AM Otto Urpelainen wrote: > The first link is about other docs than the Package Maintainer Docs, > with some critical comments from you about the use of Antora in > docs.fp.o. The latter two are about Pagure. So if I understand > correctly, when you say that

Re: Trying to take an orphaned package

2021-11-27 Thread Otto Urpelainen
Blaise Pabon kirjoitti 26.11.2021 klo 18.01: Hi Otto, On Thu, Nov 25, 2021 at 2:27 AM Otto Urpelainen wrote: Blaise Pabon kirjoitti 25.11.2021 klo 5.43: When the docs were migrated, the intent was, of course, to make them better, not worse. If things have regressed in some way, I would

Re: Trying to take an orphaned package

2021-11-26 Thread Blaise Pabon
Hi Otto, On Thu, Nov 25, 2021 at 2:27 AM Otto Urpelainen wrote: > Blaise Pabon kirjoitti 25.11.2021 klo 5.43: > > When the docs were migrated, the intent was, of course, to make them > better, not worse. If things have regressed in some way, I would like to > fix them. Could you be more

Re: Trying to take an orphaned package

2021-11-24 Thread Otto Urpelainen
Blaise Pabon kirjoitti 25.11.2021 klo 5.43: I appreciate all the constructive suggestions, particularly those that acknowledge the, uh , inconsistencies in the documentation. (snip) Regarding the docs, yes the older ones are more useful. IMHO, it would be better for the new docs to paint a

Re: Trying to take an orphaned package

2021-11-24 Thread Blaise Pabon
I appreciate all the constructive suggestions, particularly those that acknowledge the, uh , inconsistencies in the documentation. I'll keep plugging away. I dropped into the infra office hours and got someone to offer to review my PR. There are a few python packages I will eventually maintain

Re: packaging group documentation wiki redirect [was Re: Trying to take an orphaned package]

2021-11-23 Thread Matthew Miller
On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 08:54:43AM +0200, Otto Urpelainen wrote: > >{{#fedoradocs: > >https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/package-maintainers/How_to_Get_Sponsored_into_the_Packager_Group/}} > >... but we don't have a consistent policy about when to use it. > > Should this be read as "I would

Re: packaging group documentation wiki redirect [was Re: Trying to take an orphaned package]

2021-11-22 Thread Otto Urpelainen
Matthew Miller kirjoitti 21.11.2021 klo 20.45: On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 04:27:18PM +, Tom Hughes wrote: That page seems substantially (if not completely?) identical to the current doc at https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/package-maintainers/How_to_Get_Sponsored_into_the_Packager_Group/

Re: Trying to take an orphaned package

2021-11-21 Thread Tom Hughes via devel
On 21/11/2021 13:11, Stephen Snow wrote: And I login with my FAS ID and cannot "Take" the package since I am not a packager. So I ask again what steps am I missing here? I want to take over packaging something that is about to be removed from Fedora Linux since it has been orphaned, I have

Re: Trying to take an orphaned package

2021-11-21 Thread Tom Hughes via devel
On 21/11/2021 15:01, Stephen Snow wrote: But actually I think the old wiki version is much more useful in explaining how things work, especially if you're not coming at it from the position of submitting a new package: And it tells me to read a document that doesn't apparently exist anymore.

Re: Trying to take an orphaned package

2021-11-21 Thread Otto Urpelainen
Matthew Miller kirjoitti 21.11.2021 klo 18.18: On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 08:11:19AM -0500, Stephen Snow wrote: So I am back here to ask again if I can take a package on that is currently orphaned as per

Re: Trying to take an orphaned package

2021-11-21 Thread Stephen Snow
On Sun, 2021-11-21 at 11:18 -0500, Matthew Miller wrote: -snip- > > I don't think we have a good process for the situation you're in. If > the > package you were interested in were entirely new, or if you were > reinstating > a package which wsa retired (the step beyond "orphan"), you'd file >

packaging group documentation wiki redirect [was Re: Trying to take an orphaned package]

2021-11-21 Thread Matthew Miller
On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 04:27:18PM +, Tom Hughes wrote: > >That page seems substantially (if not completely?) identical to the current > >doc at > >https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/package-maintainers/How_to_Get_Sponsored_into_the_Packager_Group/ > > Ah you're quite right. That was a

Re: Trying to take an orphaned package

2021-11-21 Thread Stephen Snow
On Sun, 2021-11-21 at 15:08 +, Tom Hughes wrote: > > That's why I gave a link to the old version from the wiki history > before it was replaced by a pointer to the new page. > It did help for some info. Thank you. > > >

Re: Trying to take an orphaned package

2021-11-21 Thread Tom Hughes via devel
On 21/11/2021 16:06, Matthew Miller wrote: On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 10:01:00AM -0500, Stephen Snow wrote: Thanks read that back then. But actually I think the old wiki version is much more useful in explaining how things work, especially if you're not coming at it from the position of

Re: Trying to take an orphaned package

2021-11-21 Thread Matthew Miller
On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 08:11:19AM -0500, Stephen Snow wrote: > So I am back here to ask again if I can take a package on that is > currently orphaned as per > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel-annou...@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/5FCP5OSV6XXFCAXN5KPKQFBCDLGJSRB6/ > > And I

Re: Trying to take an orphaned package

2021-11-21 Thread Matthew Miller
On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 10:01:00AM -0500, Stephen Snow wrote: > Thanks read that back then. > > > But actually I think the old wiki version is much more useful > > in explaining how things work, especially if you're not coming > > at it from the position of submitting a new package: > > > And it

Re: Trying to take an orphaned package

2021-11-21 Thread Stephen Snow
On Sun, 2021-11-21 at 13:55 +, Tom Hughes wrote: -snip- > You say you have "asked to become a packager" but what exactly > do you mean by that? > I've asked to be sponsored before. > The official documentation on becoming a packager is here: > >