Bug 2374089

Hi Paul and reviewers,

For easier access and visibility, I've also pushed the smbldap-tools EPEL 9 packaging work to GitHub:

https://github.com/redadmin-k/smbldap-tools-epel9-rpm

This repo contains:
- The SPEC file adapted for EPEL 9
- The SRPM
- Mock build logs

Feel free to review or provide feedback there as well.
Thanks!

Created attachment 2096124 [details]
Package prepared by Akiyohi Kurita (redadmin-k, FAS account). This archive contains the SPEC file, SRPM, and mock build logs for smbldap-tools on EPEL 9.

Hi Paul,

Just checking in if you’ve had a chance to look at this package review.
Let me know if there’s anything further needed from my side.

Best regards,
Akiyohi Kurita (redadmin-k)

smbldap-tools is already a Fedora package.  This is not really a package review request and more a branching request.

@akito5623 you really need to review Fedora/EPEL docs.  Your requests are causing undue confusion all over the place.

Thanks Jonathan for the clarification.
I understand now that smbldap-tools already exists in Fedora and that this should be handled as a branching request, not a new package review.

I’ll proceed with filing a branch request for EPEL 9 instead.

Thanks again for your guidance!

Hi Paul,
Since smbldap-tools already exists in Fedora, I understand that EPEL 9 requires a branch request.
May I proceed with requesting the EPEL 9 branch for smbldap-tools, or would you prefer to handle it yourself?
Thanks!

Hi, I think we can consider this ticket as an EPEL-9 branch request for smbldap-tools, so there's no need to raise a new one.

I will do it but as I no longer use smbldap-tools myself, I would prefer that somebody else took over the package in the long term. That could possibly be you once you have learned about the proper processes in Fedora and become a sponsored package maintainer (see https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/package-maintainers/Joining_the_Package_Maintainers/). Any potential sponsor would need to be convinced that you understand the processes and packaging guidelines (https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/).

FEDORA-EPEL-2025-9ec74f3747 (smbldap-tools-0.9.11-25.el9) has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 9.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2025-9ec74f3747

Hi Paul-san

Thank you very much for handling the EPEL-9 branch request for smbldap-tools.

I appreciate your guidance and the helpful links. I’m interested in becoming a Fedora package maintainer in the future, so I will study the processes and packaging guidelines carefully.

Please let me know if there’s anything I can help with regarding smbldap-tools in the meantime.

Best regards,
Akiyoshi Kurita

Hi, if you have any suggested improvements to the smbldap-tools packaging (or indeed any other package), you can submit a pull request (see https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/package-maintainers/Pull_Request_Guide/). Submitting useful pull requests could help with the sponsorship process.

Hi Paul-san

Thank you so much for all your help and guidance. I truly appreciate the time you’re taking to support me and explain the processes so clearly.

I feel I have so much to learn, but I’m eager to contribute and follow your advice. Please let me know if there’s anything I can do to help.

Best regards,
Akiyoshi Kurita

FEDORA-EPEL-2025-9ec74f3747 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 9 testing repository.

You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2025-9ec74f3747

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

FEDORA-EPEL-2025-9ec74f3747 (smbldap-tools-0.9.11-25.el9) has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 9 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.