Folks,
For what's worth, IMO there is at least one thing we at Centos-devel could learn from EPEL: they have very clear rules about how to get contributed packages into their repo:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQ#head-24b4e4b98953a6d3de80019e85e83112...
I for one have some packages (http://www.durval.com.br/RPMS/el4/) I've been trying to contribute to CentOS for many months now, without success: I've posted messages trying to submit the packages, talked to some developers, even started a page on the CentOS Wiki about it, but in the end it came to naught (I privately received information from one developer explaining why there are no clear rules, but I was asked to keep it confidential and so I can't post it here).
This is very frustrating, and I think it keeps many people from contributing to CentOS.
Best Regards,