Bug 2142389 (cinnamon-epel9) - Add Cinnamon to EPEL9
Summary: Add Cinnamon to EPEL9
Keywords:
Status: ASSIGNED
Alias: cinnamon-epel9
Product: Fedora EPEL
Classification: Fedora
Component: cinnamon
Version: epel9
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Yaakov Selkowitz
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Depends On: 2088279 2095132 2142142 2142144 2142146 2142147 2142149 2142416 2142420 2158649 2499305
Blocks: EPELPackagersSIG
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-11-13 16:22 UTC by Yaakov Selkowitz
Modified: 2026-07-15 06:14 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version: cinnamon-5.6.5-2.el9
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2023-02-10 01:51:53 UTC
Type: Bug
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Fedora Package Sources nemo-extensions pull-request 4 0 None None None 2022-11-13 16:25:08 UTC

Description Yaakov Selkowitz 2022-11-13 16:22:17 UTC
Blocker bug for Cinnamon and dependencies in EPEL9.

Comment 1 Yaakov Selkowitz 2023-02-01 04:36:06 UTC
Please branch and build the following packages in epel9:

caribou
cinnamon
cinnamon-control-center
cinnamon-desktop
cinnamon-menus
cinnamon-screensaver
cinnamon-session
cinnamon-settings-daemon
cinnamon-translations
cjs
mintlocale
mint-themes
mint-x-icons
mint-y-icons
muffin
nemo
nemo-extensions
python-xapp
tint2
xapps
xed
xreader

If you do not wish to maintain these packages in epel9,
or do not think you will be able to do this in a timely manner,
the EPEL Packagers SIG would be happy to be a co-maintainer of the package;
please add the epel-packagers-sig group through
https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/<package>/addgroup
and grant it commit access, or collaborator access on epel* branches.

Comment 2 leigh scott 2023-02-01 11:13:19 UTC
Access granted

I have zero interest in supporting rhel based distros, please leave rawhide branch alone, no epel packaging changes.

Comment 3 Pat Riehecky 2023-02-01 15:58:39 UTC
Regretfully I've not got the time to get this into EPEL.  Passing back to Yaakov Selkowitz as access is granted for EPEL.

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2023-02-01 20:01:26 UTC
FEDORA-EPEL-2023-bfed058207 has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 9. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2023-bfed058207

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2023-02-02 02:49:38 UTC
FEDORA-EPEL-2023-bfed058207 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-2023-bfed058207

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

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2023-02-10 01:51:53 UTC
FEDORA-EPEL-2023-bfed058207 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 9 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 7 Pat Riehecky 2023-02-23 22:20:09 UTC
If you plan to keep this in EPEL 9 long term, you may want to get the group/comps.xml bits into the EPEL repo.

Comment 8 Carl George 🤠 2026-07-10 22:21:26 UTC
Leigh (the main admin for most of the packages in question) retired xreader from EPEL 9 last month, and now nemo-preview fails to install (bug 2499305).

https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/xreader/c/567d502b059fe588ff7230a488634363cdcf677d?branch=epel9

In the commit message he complains that epel-packagers-sig doesn't answer bugs.  I guess he didn't get the memo that SIG was deprecated last year and had all members removed from the corresponding group.

https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/deprecating-the-epel-packagers-sig/137923

What is the future of cinnamon in EPEL 9?  If it is to remain than an individual maintainer (not a group) needs to be added, and they'll need to re-add xreader to epel9 to fix nemo-preview.  If no one is going to step up then the epel9 branch should probably be retired on most or even all of these packages, not just one.

Comment 9 Carl George 🤠 2026-07-10 22:40:13 UTC
@leigh123linux When you retired xreader, why didn't you follow the EPEL retirement process?

https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/epel/epel-policy-retirement/#process_no_time_or_desire

That would have give @yselkowi or anyone else an opportunity to take over the maintenance of the epel9 branch and avoided breaking nemo-preview.  This is an official policy, and following it is not optional.

Comment 10 leigh scott 2026-07-11 06:06:25 UTC
(In reply to Carl George 🤠 from comment #8)
> Leigh (the main admin for most of the packages in question) retired xreader
> from EPEL 9 last month, and now nemo-preview fails to install (bug 2499305).

I will retire all the epel packages if I continue receiving spam from them.

> 
> https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/xreader/c/
> 567d502b059fe588ff7230a488634363cdcf677d?branch=epel9
> 
> In the commit message he complains that epel-packagers-sig doesn't answer
> bugs.  I guess he didn't get the memo that SIG was deprecated last year and
> had all members removed from the corresponding group.

That isn't my job to monitor, the epel-packagers-sig should be responsible for that!

> 
> https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/deprecating-the-epel-packagers-sig/
> 137923
> 
> What is the future of cinnamon in EPEL 9?  If it is to remain than an
> individual maintainer (not a group) needs to be added, and they'll need to
> re-add xreader to epel9 to fix nemo-preview.  If no one is going to step up
> then the epel9 branch should probably be retired on most or even all of
> these packages, not just one.

If anyone steps up they can manage their own spec files, I don't want any rhel cruff in master and will revert the change a remove their perms.

Comment 11 leigh scott 2026-07-11 06:38:26 UTC
(In reply to Carl George 🤠 from comment #9)
> @leigh123linux When you retired xreader, why didn't you follow the
> EPEL retirement process?
> 
> https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/epel/epel-policy-retirement/
> #process_no_time_or_desire
> 
> That would have give @yselkowi or anyone else an opportunity to
> take over the maintenance of the epel9 branch and avoided breaking
> nemo-preview.  This is an official policy, and following it is not optional.

I don't accept any responsibility for the epel packages, the blame for this should be leveled at the epel sig not me!

Comment 12 leigh scott 2026-07-11 06:41:21 UTC
Someone has change the assignee for the epel packages back to me,  I have changed them to orphan and anything reassigned to me will be closed as 'Wont fix'

Comment 13 leigh scott 2026-07-11 06:46:55 UTC
(In reply to Carl George 🤠 from comment #9)
> @leigh123linux When you retired xreader, why didn't you follow the
> EPEL retirement process?

That is the epel maintainers job to do, not mine!, so stop trying to assign blame to me!

Comment 14 Yaakov Selkowitz 2026-07-12 19:02:23 UTC
@leigh123linux please make me (FAS: yselkowitz) the epel maintainer for all these packages.

Comment 15 leigh scott 2026-07-12 19:45:42 UTC
(In reply to Yaakov Selkowitz from comment #14)
> @leigh123linux please make me (FAS: yselkowitz) the epel
> maintainer for all these packages.
Done.

Comment 16 Carl George 🤠 2026-07-15 06:02:40 UTC
> I will retire all the epel packages if I continue receiving spam from them.

Bug reports are not spam.  Please read the FESCo policy document on package maintainer responsibilities.

https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fesco/Package_maintainer_responsibilities/

> That isn't my job to monitor, the epel-packagers-sig should be responsible for that!

As I already explained, that group no longer exists.

> If anyone steps up they can manage their own spec files, I don't want any rhel cruff in master and will revert the change a remove their perms.

RHEL/EPEL conditionals are explicitly allowed by the packaging guidelines.  You have no authority to disallow them.

https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/#_spec_legibility

> I don't accept any responsibility for the epel packages, the blame for this should be leveled at the epel sig not me!

Again, that group no longer exists.  While no one can force you to volunteer your time to work on EPEL, you acted irresponsibly and recklessly by retiring a random package that other packages depending on, and you ignored policy about retirement procedures.  In the future, please follow Fedora and EPEL policy so other contributors can effectively collaborate with you.

Comment 17 leigh scott 2026-07-15 06:14:29 UTC
(In reply to Carl George 🤠 from comment #16)
> > I will retire all the epel packages if I continue receiving spam from them.
> 
> Bug reports are not spam.  Please read the FESCo policy document on package
> maintainer responsibilities.
> 
> https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fesco/
> Package_maintainer_responsibilities/
> 
> > That isn't my job to monitor, the epel-packagers-sig should be responsible for that!
> 
> As I already explained, that group no longer exists.
> 
> > If anyone steps up they can manage their own spec files, I don't want any rhel cruff in master and will revert the change a remove their perms.
> 
> RHEL/EPEL conditionals are explicitly allowed by the packaging guidelines. 
> You have no authority to disallow them.
> 
> https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/#_spec_legibility
> 
> > I don't accept any responsibility for the epel packages, the blame for this should be leveled at the epel sig not me!
> 
> Again, that group no longer exists.  While no one can force you to volunteer
> your time to work on EPEL, you acted irresponsibly and recklessly by
> retiring a random package that other packages depending on, and you ignored
> policy about retirement procedures.  In the future, please follow Fedora and
> EPEL policy so other contributors can effectively collaborate with you.

Don't ever try to talk to me again, in fact welcome to my spam filter.


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