Richard Shaw (hobbes1069(a)gmail.com) said:
Whoops, sorry about the reply to all (dang gmail)... I'll repost
just
to the devel mailing list (I canceled the original).
On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Bill Nottingham <notting(a)redhat.com> wrote:
> Before we branch for Fedora 18, as is custom, we will block currently
> orphaned packages and packages that have failed to build since Fedora 16.
>
> The following packages are currently orphaned, or fail to build. If
> you have a need for one of these packages, please pick them up.
> If no one claims any of these packages, they will be blocked before
> we branch for Fedora 18. We will block these packages on Monday, August 06.
Will the FTBFS packages be orphaned prior to being blocked? It would
seem a grace period would be a good idea so people can pick them up if
the current owner is non-responsive.
Not directly. But if you have a fix and can get a proven packager to apply
and build it, they won't be blocked.
Bill