Hi, Some time ago, circa May 2015, there was a long thread called "Biting the Bullet" [1] where some others complained about the lack of pdftk on F21 and later. (This complaint also manifested itself sometime later.)
In response, and with both general and more specific help from those more experienced, I was able to put together an RPM for pdf-stapler as an alternative to pdftk. I submitted to a black hole called Fedora packaging where there was some churn, some more suggestions (a few contradicting the other) which I duly implemented but no one actually able to move the process forward. However, it sits here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1234210 unassigned. It has passed through rpmlint (no errors, only a few nonsensical spelling warnings) and whatever else it was supposed to pass as per packaging guidelines. So also is the case of sylfilter which I packaged separately, and no one has even bothered to comment on: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1265685 Now, I understand that quality control is an important part of the Fedora packaging which is what makes it a good product (and I am no great RPM-maker, witness my questions on the subject), and there is a dearth of enough people eligible to assign to, but surely, there must be some better way to handle new proposed packages. For instance, if automated setups clear a package, perhaps it would be better to move it to the top of the list or even clear it for testing and see what happens? Otherwise, there will be frustration and the pool of packagers will not grow. Not to mention that if packages sit like this this for months before being acted upon, then the original packager will have lost context and memory and moved on (certainly it would be frustrating and more onerous on him/her than it would be if it were acted upon sooner). Otherwise, people will move on. I don't need these packages because I have them for myself. Indeed, I could be more sloppy in creating these rpms (or not even bothering to do so), but the reason for putting this out is benefit to the community which has also benefited me/us. This is especially true for niche packages such as sylfilter, etc which may not even have much users who would be willing to test it. I have some experience with submitting packages for R. My experience there is that if it passes all the tests, it is by and large through, but if it does not (surprisingly, Macs are the killers in most cases), it is not, and feedback is fairly quick. Perhaps, it would be worthwhile to think about how to streamline the process. At this point, I am fully expecting the familiar notice for EOL eventually. Best wishes, Ranjan [1] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2015-May/460623.html -- Important Notice: This mailbox is ignored: e-mails are set to be deleted on receipt. Please respond to the mailing list if appropriate. For those needing to send personal or professional e-mail, please use appropriate addresses. ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D EARTH SCREENSAVER - Watch the Earth right on your desktop! Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/earth -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
