On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 11:20:58AM -0800, Ray Van Dolson wrote:
This is specifically in regards to the 'proftpd' package maintained by Matthias Saou. Anyone know if he's around?
I hope that he's still around... In any case he doesn't seems to be very active.
- How can I see who currently are maintainers and comaintainers for a package?
This one is easy, just go to https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/ and search for proftpd. Or directly use the package url explained on http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/UsingPackagedb#What.27s_the...
- Is there a process to become a co-maintainer of a package when the primary maintainer is absent?
If the primary maintainer is absent there is a policy: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/Policy/NonResponsiveMaintai...
- As a 'provenpackager' would it be acceptable for me to push a new release of proftpd if I have commit access even though I'm not officially a maintainer?
This is also covered by a policy: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/Policy/WhoIsAllowedToModify...
-- Pat