On Feb 07 16:56, Tim Verhoeven wrote:

Hi,

This is just a idea that I'm having and I'm looking for feedback. So that is why the RFC tag is in the subject ;)

So the idea is to create a SIG that plays the role of coordinater/janitor for the CentOS Extras and Plus repos. With 2 goals in mind:

1. Allow people to contribute packages and patches to the mentioned

repo's. Ideally people would own a package, but the SIG would also take on one-offs. I personally would like to contribute updated haproxy and python-spynner packages.

2. It the other SIG's want to this SIG can be the place to hand off

common packages between the SIG's and do some coordination between the SIG's to make sure nothing breaks.

So what do you think? Good idea, bad idea, suggestions, ...

Kind regards, Tim

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+1, I think this is definitely a role that would meet some needs. This could be a full-fledged SIG or even just a group of trusted community members.

I would add that the "Coordination SIG" would probably be a good place for to help bootstrap/maintain packages in EPEL and other repos common to the SIGs.

Perhaps we should set up a page on the wiki to help track the proposal as we continue discussion here.

Cheers! Brian

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