packager-sponsors

#403 Tomas Orsava: Application to become a Sponsor
Closed: accepted by kevin. Opened by torsava.

Closed: accepted
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Hi,
I'm Tomas Orsava, and I'd like to be considered for the role of Fedora Package Collection Sponsor.

I've been a Fedora packager for over 3 years, and a provenpackager for almost 2.
Throughout my tenure in Fedora I've already helped a few people become a packager, but I worked with an existing sponsor to do that. I've found myself in the same situation again today, and I decided it might be worth trying to become a sponsor myself.

I believe I fullfil the formal requirements set out in the guidelines:

  • Have been members of the packager group for at least one release cycle (generally six months) so that they have seen the process of branching for a new release.
    • I believe my first release as a packager was Fedora 23/24.
  • Maintain at least three packages.
    • I co-maintain multiple packages, including Python interpreters (python3, python2), Python tools (python-pip, python-wheel), Python RPM infrastructure packages (python-rpm-macros, python-rpm-generators) and several others. I also help to maintain several hundred packages trough the Python SIG and several dozens packages in RHEL.
    • https://src.fedoraproject.org/user/torsava/projects
  • Have done five high quality, nontrivial package reviews.
    • (Though I cannot judge the quality of my reviews, you'll have to see for yourself.)
    • My package Review Requests reviews
    • As there are exactly 5 package reviews, I'd like to present my other packaging/review work, so I'm attaching a list of recent Pull Request reviews:
      • https://src.fedoraproject.org/tests/python/pull-request/13
      • https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/epel-rpm-macros/pull-request/8
      • https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/pipenv/pull-request/18
      • https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/python3/pull-request/136
      • https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/python-packaging/pull-request/6
      • https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/python-pip/pull-request/41
      • https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/python-virtualenv/pull-request/13
      • https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/python34/pull-request/39
      • https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/python-rpm-macros/pull-request/29
      • https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/python-wheel/pull-request/11
      • https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/python-six/pull-request/5
      • https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/python-pip/pull-request/40
      • https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/python2/pull-request/47
      • https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/python38/pull-request/33
      • https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/python-yaspin/pull-request/2
      • https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/python-rpm-macros/pull-request/19
      • https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/python-rpm-macros/pull-request/20
      • https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/python34/pull-request/35
      • https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/python-setuptools/pull-request/22
      • https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/python38/pull-request/11

Thank you for your consideration!

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I'd +1 here. The changes I've seen from Tomas were good, he's deeply involved and I think he'll be a great sponsor.

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@leigh123linux

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Leigh, you added a -1 here. Could you please elaborate? There may be something we are missing?
Edited by mrunge

@mrunge I voted -1 because of the lack of packaging variation, everything he has done is python.

@mrunge I voted -1 because of the lack of packaging variation, everything he has done is python.

Thank you, that's good feedback.

That's fair, Tomáš indeed mostly works with Python packages. He has repeatedly shown that he's familiar with both general packaging principles and deeply involved with Python specific packaging quirks on a lower level than an average Fedora Python packager - Tomáš not only uses the Python macros, he helps to write them.

Can he write a Go spec file without looking at the docs? Probably not. Neither do I.
Can he guide a person who's interested in Go packaging, mentor them and get them into Fedora packaging? Yes and he would do a great job.

I think it's OK for someone to have mostly done one language. I think that's probably common among packagers. I've personally mostly done Python. I know my limits and am able to avoid sponsoring people based on a haskell package they made (as an example of a language I'm unfamiliar with packaging). I would assume that others would know their limits as well when deciding whether to sponsor someone.

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+10, -1, the differential is +9

This has been APPROVED. @kevin, could you please set @torsava as a sponsor?

Metadata Update from @churchyard:
- Issue assigned to kevin

Thank you!

Done! Use your powers wisely!

Metadata Update from @kevin:
- Issue close_status updated to: accepted
- Issue status updated to: Closed (was: Open)
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