Please package goocanvas2 for EPEL7 & EL6
SCM branch request: Package Change Request ====================== Package Name: goocanvas2 New Branches: epel7 el6 Owners: moezroy
Git done (by process-git-requests).
goocanvas2-2.0.2-4.el7 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 7. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/goocanvas2-2.0.2-4.el7
goocanvas2-2.0.2-4.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 testing repository.
This is a violation of the EPEL policy, I was never consulted about these EPEL branch. And I would have likely said no since moezroy is not to be trusted. 1. moezroy has been randomly asking for EPEL branches without any rationale. 2. Furthermore, he didn't even try to look up for the original ticket (took me, 10s to find it) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676791 3. Requesting the EL6 branch proves that he has no clue about it Look, goocanvas2 is a GTK3 widget library but we don't even have GTK3 in EL6 ! http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=8599451 https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//work/tasks/9451/8599451/root.log 4. He's a very recent packager with little background, and he never answered to my emails. Without more information, it looks like he tries to increase his stats and we all know that it will end up badly.
Haïkel - While I share your concerns about moezroy's taking on more that he can chew and perhaps understand, this is not a violation of EPEL policy: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL_Package_Maintainers#Joining_the_EPEL_Package_Maintainers 4. If you are an existing EPEL/Fedora maintainer and wish to maintain a package in EPEL that someone else maintains in Fedora, file a bug asking them if they would like to maintain it in EPEL, if no response in a week or if the Fedora maintain has no interested in EPEL, request the branch yourself and maintain it. This bug was opened 12-31 and the branch request file on 01-12, twelve days later.
I have orphaned the EL6 branch. I apologize for requesting the EL6 branch.
goocanvas2-2.0.2-4.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 stable repository.