Hello All!
I would like to request sponsorship abilities for myself.
For long time I use RH-based products. Starts long time ago in around 1993 from derivative called ASPLinux and them smoothly migrate to Fedora Core. After a little time then I start try my first packaging experiments. Then was my rpm repository (which is live now, but contain small packages for fresh Fedora versions). All time I try do my work as much can better. All time I try be close to upstream and free software.
Now I maintain package ImageMagick which in updates frequently require rebuild dependencies and it always got some headaches. I'm believe Provenpackager rights give me chance doing such work more effective.
There are some packagers, who submit some interesting software titles to Fedora, but they still not sponsored yet. I believe, that I can help them too.
Around 2 years ago I'm already nominate himself to sponsor, but unfortunately was rejected. I hope now I have much more experience and can satisfy requirements on such prestigious role.
Here is a list of packages I reviewed: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&product=Fedora&component=Package%20Review&emailassigned_to1=1&emailtype1=substring&email1=hubbitus&field0-0-0=flagtypes.name&type0-0-0=notsubstring
Here are the packages I maintain: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/users/packages/hubbitus
Thank you for attention in any case.
Sent to list for feedback.
There has been a -1 on sponsors list, so moving to meeting agenda while more feedback rolls in.
FESCo (2012-03-26)
We are sorry, but your request was not approved. For the whole discussion you can look at the log from FESCo meeting http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2012-03-26/fesco.2012-03-26-17.00.txt
The main reasons why we don't believe you can be a sponsor are: * not experienced enough in reviews & packaging. We'd like to see more thorough reviews with more details. * your communication in bugzilla and emails should improve.
Eh, sad to see.
Firstly greatly thank yours time and explanation the reason. It's really much more pleasure instead of full silence and it give me hint what I should doing to achive what I want.
If my "language/communication barriers" is something what I can't enhance except having more practice, more reviews is in my hands. I am persevering and will pursue their goal with hope it will also helpful for community and free software.
But only want ask, may be then I can archive at least provenpackager status? It is really needed to maintain ImageMagick which is very hard otherwise. As I seen in discussion by me, there was less objections to that status. And off course I understand differences. Could you please consider this?
Ok, I'll reopen the ticket with the proven packagers request.
To Pavel:
It is not clear to me at all, who has done the ImageMagick updates and necessary dependency rebuilds so far? And who has dealt with API/ABI breakage and how? I've been trying to gather details by looking at koji and understanding bug 755827, but it's weird that not even Rawhide has been updated.
Could you explain what is happening in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/796843 ?
Builds of '''some''' dependencies was done due to call maintainers to do that in ML and by copy mail to them.
Orion Poplawski kindly help with it and push update as I have not such rights: http://www.mail-archive.com/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/msg40989.html
Could you explain what is happening in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/796843 ? Unfortunately last update took more than 2 weeks to be done with partially rebuild dependencies. So, in current situation I can't do that properly not in rawhide because even if no soname bump happened at this time there present dependencies which depend by version (at least ruby-RMagick). So, I'm afraid start this update right now. Off course I'll try contact theirs maintainers, but I still need find also someone who ready help me push that update. And off course I'll plan soon announce and update ImageMagick in rawhide to address this bug.
There is no reason to be afraid of upgrading in Rawhide, provided that you do the necessary preparatory work (such as examining what impact the upgrade will have on dependencies, and announcing the upgrade plan).
For rawhide - off course.
As I receive confirmation from upstream authors ( http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=20629&p=82777#p82777 ) I'll immediately announce update in Rawhide.
Tagging as meeting item due to lack of sufficient feedback in ticket.
This was approved at the fesco meeting last week.
I have promoted you to provenpackager. Please use your powers wisely!
Thank you very much. I highly appreciate it.
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