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On Sep 23, 2014 10:28 AM, "Jim Perrin" <<a href="mailto:jperrin@centos.org">jperrin@centos.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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> So, for the short term(relatively speaking), it seems that CentOS<br>
> contributors wishing to push packages into EPEL would need to follow<br>
> epel policy[1] for getting their packages pushed.<br>
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> For some this is fine, as they're already contributing. For others, this<br>
> is a duplicated workload with added stress.<br>
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> I'd like to propose that we form a group of CentOS participants who are<br>
> fedora/EPEL packagers to curate packages marked for sharing.<br>
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> SIGs who have common packages to be shared would then be able to request<br>
> that this group of curators submit the package via existing EPEL<br>
> processes. This process assumes a couple things:<br>
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> 1. curators have access to modify the package in both systems (to<br>
> correct things in spec files for example)<br>
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> 2. We adopt the fedora/EPEL packaging guidelines as much as possible to<br>
> minimize changes required by the curators group.<br>
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> 3. We have some method of assigning package ownership to SIGs and to the<br>
> curators.<br>
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> Longer-term, I think we'll be able to work something out with EPEL<br>
> that's a bit less manual, but I think this process should work for now.<br>
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> Comments, questions, suggested changes before I propose this to the EPEL<br>
> folks as well?<br>
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<p dir="ltr">+1 - I'd be interested in a task list when the time comes and would be happy to help where I am able. </p>
<p dir="ltr">-AdamM</p>
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> [1] <a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Join_the_package_collection_maintainers">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Join_the_package_collection_maintainers</a><br>
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> Jim Perrin<br>
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