On Wed, 4 Mar 2009, Lars Vogdt wrote:
Hi there
Following the "Package foo needs new maintainer" resp. "Drop request for package foo" mails on opensuse-packaging for a while. Community members already asked for more details when a package is dropped from Factory.
So what about creating an "openSUSE:Dropped" project, where people can find the latest source of a dropped package - and at least can get an overview about currently dropped packages?
Means: 1) Packager sends drop request internally
2) Project manager agrees => drop package ^^^^^ Same as before.
3) the latest checked in package source (regardless if successful building or not) is copied into the project openSUSE:Dropped ^^^^^ New - formerly we just moved the source to an internal backup space and marked it as deleted in PDB.
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4) People can always see, which formerly packages are removed from the current Factory (and therefore will not be in the next release) looking at the openSUSE:Dropped repository 5) Interested community packagers can use/copy the latest source from openSUSE:Dropped
Open questions: 1) Is this idea worth to be implemented?
Yes, I think so.
2) What about packages with security problems? - Publishing should be disabled for all packages in the openSUSE:Dropped repo. But is this enough?
Since they are dropped, they should not be built. Who wants it should be forced to build it themselves.
3) What to do with undropped packages? * If a package is maintained by community - regardless of the project -, should it be removed from openSUSE:Dropped? * Should it be removed ONLY if the package is in openSUSE:Contrib?
Best solution for 2 (in my eyes) could be: Community packager wants to maintain a dropped package => he builds it in his home-Project => he sends a request to the openSUSE:Contrib project => openSUSE:Contrib maintainers are also maintainers of openSUSE:Dropped and can remove the package from openSUSE:Dropped as soon as it is accepted for openSUSE:Contrib
Sounds good. -- Mit freundlichen Gruessen, Andreas Vetter Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik Fakultaet fuer Physik und Astronomie Universitaet Wuerzburg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+help@opensuse.org