On Mar 7, 2015 6:15 AM, "Kevin Fenzi" <ke...@scrye.com> wrote: > > On Sat, 07 Mar 2015 10:53:27 +0100 > fed...@activityworkshop.net wrote: > > > Hi list, > > > > I'm an upstream developer and I'm unfamiliar with the Fedora > > processes, so my apologies if I'm asking obvious questions or asking > > in the wrong place! > > Not at all. This is a fine place. ;) > > > I've seen lots of pages about how to become a Fedora packager, and > > the processes for reviewing packages, but I haven't yet found > > anything suggesting how I could go about _requesting_ whether an > > already experienced Fedora packager might like to adopt another > > package. Is there such a thing, or is the only option that I dive > > into learning how to do it myself? > > There is a generic 'wishlist': > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Package_maintainers_wishlist > > But as you can see from looking at it, its kind of a big dumping ground > of anything anyone anytime thought might be nice to have packaged. ;) > > > To be specific, I would be interested in submitting the GPL2 java > > application "GpsPrune" for inclusion. It's already in Debian, so > > maybe that's a good starting point. And there are unofficial rpms in > > OpenSuse, which may also be helpful. There are only a small number > > of dependencies, most of which are optional, and I would be more than > > happy to help from my side to tweak things if necessary. > > > > I believe that if there were packagers who had already created > > packages for java applications, and were willing to take on another > > one, it would take orders of magnitude less effort than if I were to > > try to do it myself and ask for it to be reviewed. Is there a way to > > submit a request for packaging? > > I'd suggest mailing the Fedora Java sig: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/java-devel > > You may also get some interest here in further replies. ;) > > Hope that helps, > > kevin > > > --
The GIS SIG might be interested in this too. There's no dedicated mailing list that I'm aware of, but http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GIS will lead you to #fedora-gis and a list of names, at least. --Pete
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