On Sep 23 10:20, Jim Perrin wrote: > So, for the short term(relatively speaking), it seems that CentOS > contributors wishing to push packages into EPEL would need to follow > epel policy[1] for getting their packages pushed. > > > For some this is fine, as they're already contributing. For others, this > is a duplicated workload with added stress. > > > I'd like to propose that we form a group of CentOS participants who are > fedora/EPEL packagers to curate packages marked for sharing. > > SIGs who have common packages to be shared would then be able to request > that this group of curators submit the package via existing EPEL > processes. This process assumes a couple things: > > 1. curators have access to modify the package in both systems (to > correct things in spec files for example) > > 2. We adopt the fedora/EPEL packaging guidelines as much as possible to > minimize changes required by the curators group. > > 3. We have some method of assigning package ownership to SIGs and to the > curators. > > > > Longer-term, I think we'll be able to work something out with EPEL > that's a bit less manual, but I think this process should work for now. > > Comments, questions, suggested changes before I propose this to the EPEL > folks as well? > > > > > > [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Join_the_package_collection_maintainers > > > -- > Jim Perrin > The CentOS Project | http://www.centos.org > twitter: @BitIntegrity | GPG Key: FA09AD77 > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-devel mailing list > CentOS-devel at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel This seems like the most efficient process given current policies. Count me in for helping curate. Brian -- Brian Stinson bstinson at ksu.edu | IRC: bstinson | Bitbucket/Twitter: bstinsonmhk