I will participate doing package review/cleanup, however we are far away from that atm

we need to have

a) a package list http://en.opensuse.org/Contrib/packages

b) a set of mantainers At first, reviwers will be maintainers for the few packages, that they have personal interest in.

c) a set of clear policies for this specific repository http://en.opensuse.org/Contrib

d) a timeframe to get things done, this cannot take forever. I would like to have at least 2 packages in contrib by the time of openSUSE 11.1 BETA1 release. (~1 month)

----------------------- Pavol Rusnak and Michal Vyskocil: First add yourselfs to the list of interested people. http://en.opensuse.org/Contrib Speaking about requirement: I think there shouldn't be too much formal requirements, not for maintainers and not for reviewers. But both should know the basics of OBS and RPM construction. Commitment to the job - it does matters. Very important. -- -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov" --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org

How about package maintainers? From http://en.opensuse.org/Contrib/packages, iperf, banner and twin are maintained by you, webpin by Pascal. What about the rest: httrack, unionfs, python-translate-toolkit - did we ask the maintainers if they wish to participate? And are there enough volunteers to package the remaining packages?

I think I will take over maintenance of httrack. -- -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov" --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org

Alexey Eremenko wrote:

As for package maintainers: I think, that when we will begin, others will follow.

OK, I chose some packages from my home that are ready for review: $ osc ls home:michal-m:contrib calc hot-babe osc-ftp Michal --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org

Alexey Eremenko wrote:

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 2:56 PM, Michal Marek wrote:

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OK, I chose some packages from my home that are ready for review: $ osc ls home:michal-m:contrib calc hot-babe osc-ftp

Add to: http://en.opensuse.org/Contrib/packages (including link)

Done.

Idea - improvement of contrib/packages:

Make a wiki table, that will have:

-include description of packages -maintainer(s) -links (upstream+OBS) -comments -review status

I created tables with package | maintainer | maintained where | remark If we are going to do reviews via wiki, a column can be added later. Michal --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org

Am Donnerstag 21 August 2008 schrieb Alexey Eremenko:

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I created tables with package | maintainer | maintained where | remark

If we are going to do reviews via wiki, a column can be added later.

Very good.

I think reviews can be discussed here, on the mailing-list, but results (intermediate or final) should be kept on the table, as it is easier to understand the whole picture that way.

Can we have a little IRC meeting with the reviewers, so we can agree on the naming and I add maintainers and packages to the project? I have some packages that I would like to see in contrib :) Greetings, Stephan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org

Am Donnerstag 21 August 2008 schrieb Alexey Eremenko:

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Can we have a little IRC meeting with the reviewers, so we can agree on the naming and I add maintainers and packages to the project?

Yes of course, but if possible, please delay until tomorrow or next week (as today I really can't). If delay impossible, then I will read the IRC archive, and we will discuss later on mailing-list.

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I have some packages that I would like to see in contrib :)

Really !? It is strange to hear that from you, because you are the one, who decides what goes into Factory :)

Well, I have packages in home:coolo that I don't want to have in Factory (maintaining two years and all that) and I have packages in Factory, that I would rather move into a contrib repo than drop it completely (e.g. abcde) Greetings, Stephan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org