On Thu, Jun 28, 2007 at 12:04:51PM -0700, Radu-Cristian FOTESCU wrote:
You need a Wiki account (FAS):
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/WikiEditing#head-3d4b8815f923a8f137fb466901ca2...
You can contact me if you like to get added to the EditGroup when you've completed the process
It was obvious that I would need an account, so I made one. It was less than obvious that it would be useless. It's only now that I've read the whole complexity of the process to be performed *before* someone could add you to the EditGroup -- it's so unbelievable for a poor civilian that I am that I feel like I am already at Gitmo!
Well, I agree with you there. The process is a bit of a pain in the butt, and perhaps not as clearly layed out as it could be. Even when you read the whole thing over a few times. :)
I would like to ask about streamlining the process to make it easier for people to sign up. Or you could feel free to do so.
http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-infrastructure-list or #fedora-admin on irc.freenode.net
.. would both be good places to ask about making the process easier.
Everyone knowing how a Bugzilla works, or even how a mailing list works, can easily find that much simpler ways were available to the public to be able to SUGGEST a few packages for inclusion in EPEL.
Agreed, and hopefully we can get FP to make an easier way to do this. In the meantime, I would be happy to add your requested packages to the list... perhaps a blurb on that page on who to contact to ask about getting additional packages added would be useful?
Now I know I can't expect for *anything* from EPEL. I can only rely on what's already there, plus what we can find in centosplus, Dag, Karan, ATrpms, and a few others. I am shocked.
I think you're being a little overly-dramatic :) but certainly this is something that can and should be able to be fixed... I for one think your comments would be valuable on the mailing list; I'm sure there are others who would like to see the whole process strealined a lot.
Ray