EPEL/Reports/Week05

= Weekly EPEL Summary =

Week 05/2008

Most important happenings

 * EPEL5 testing -> stable move happened (as always around the 1st each month). We have now 1011 different software packages (counting SRPMs) in the EPEL5 proper repositories for RHEL5/CentOS5.


 * Two things from https://www.redhat.com/archives/epel-devel-list/2008-January/msg00191.html


 * Stephen J Smoogen ( smooge ) filled the vacant seat in the EPEL Steering Committee


 * Thorsten Leemhuis ( knurd ) will step down as chair for the EPEL Steering Committee; he also plans to leave it, thus there is another seat to fill (see also https://www.redhat.com/archives/epel-devel-list/2008-January/msg00177.html ); self nominations welcome

Noteworthy discussions

 * Xavier Bachelot is working on rt3 for EPEL: https://www.redhat.com/archives/epel-devel-list/2008-January/msg00174.html


 * Michael A. Peters want to see Gnome office in EPEL: https://www.redhat.com/archives/epel-devel-list/2008-February/msg00000.html

Last weeks meeting
Full log:


 * https://www.redhat.com/archives/epel-devel-list/2008-January/msg00193.html

Attendees:


 * knurd
 * mdomsch
 * mmcgrath
 * nirik
 * quaid
 * smooge
 * stahnma

Summary:


 * broken dep reports go to the list | mmcgrath ? | http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/Tasks/Misc


 * the old script isn't running anymore


 * discussing how to move forward; the script from mschwendt looks better then the old one, as it mails the list as well (and likely runs faster); more discussions needed (see also: https://www.redhat.com/archives/epel-devel-list/2008-January/msg00194.html )


 * next testing -> stable move | knurd | http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/Tasks/NextTestingStableMove


 * knurd prepared it prepared and improved the docs how to do the move


 * KojiAndBodhiForEpel | mmcgrath | http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/Tasks/KojiAndBodhiForEpel


 * no news from Jess_S or mmcgrath


 * fill the steering committee | all | http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/Tasks/Misc


 * smooge (who self nominated on the list) was approved as steering committee member


 * knurd want's to leave:


 * thus we have a vacant seat again; self-nominations welcome; quaid: "I wonder if any of the RHTers who deal with RHX would be interested"


 * smooge and nirik are nominated as new chairmen; more nominations welcome; new chair will be elected in the next meeting


 * new meeting time can be discussed


 * Free discussion around EPEL


 * smooge> | ok how are we doing for packages etc? how many are still in waiting to be branched etc? and wish list?


 * no exact numbers, but there are likely about 2500 - 3000 packages (counting SRPMS) in Fedora which are not in EPEL


 * smooge> | I think once we are pushing things regularly and getting more packages.. it would be a good idea to start recruuitiong more mirrors


 * more mirrors can't hurt; asking on that closed mirror list might be the best start to get more mirrors

Next Meeting
Wednesday, 20080213 at 18:00 UTC in #fedora-meeting.

General
Number of EPEL Contributors: 172

We welcome 4 new contributors: arnd sxw timn xavierb

EPEL 5
Number of source packages: 1056

Number of binary packages: 1960

There are 35 new Packages:


 * coriander | Control a 1394 digital camera interactively
 * crack | Password cracker
 * dtc | Device Tree Compiler
 * innotop | A MySQL and InnoDB monitor program
 * libdc1394 | 1394-based digital camera control library
 * livecd-tools | Tools for building live CD's
 * mash | Koji buildsystem to yum repository converter
 * mod_line_edit | A general-puropse filter for text documents
 * perl-Algorithm-CheckDigits | Perl extension to generate and test check digits
 * perl-Class-Inner | A perlish implementation of Java like inner classes
 * perl-Crypt-CBC | Encrypt Data with Cipher Block Chaining Mode
 * perl-HTML-PrettyPrinter | Generate nice HTML files from HTML syntax trees
 * perl-HTML-Scrubber | Library for scrubbing/sanitizing html
 * perl-IPC-ShareLite | Light-weight interface to shared memory
 * perl-Linux-Pid | Get the native PID and the PPID on Linux
 * perl-Math-BaseCnv | Fast functions to CoNVert between number Bases
 * perl-NetAddr-IP | Manages IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and subnets
 * perl-PDL | The Perl Data Language
 * perl-TermReadKey | A perl module for simple terminal control
 * perl-Test-Unit | The PerlUnit testing framework
 * perl-Text-Format | Various subroutines to format text
 * perl-User | API for locating user information regardless of OS
 * perl-XML-Handler-YAWriter | Yet another Perl SAX XML Writer
 * perl-XML-Merge | Flexibly merge XML documents
 * perl-XML-Tidy | Tidy indenting of XML documents
 * perl-XML-Xerces | Perl API to Xerces XML parser
 * python-elixir | A declarative mapper for SQLAlchemy
 * python-libgmail-docs | Documents and examples for python-libgmail
 * python-libgmail | Library to provide access to Gmail via Python
 * remctl | Client/server for Kerberos-authenticated command execution
 * rtpproxy | A symmetric RTP proxy
 * sagator | SAGATOR - antivir/antispam gateway for smtp server
 * silkscreen-fonts | Silkscreen four member type family
 * up-imapproxy | University of Pittsburgh IMAP Proxy
 * xorg-x11-drv-openchrome | Xorg X11 openchrome video driver

EPEL 4
Number of source packages: 644

Number of binary packages: 1180

There are 25 new Packages:


 * innotop | A MySQL and InnoDB monitor program
 * perl-Algorithm-CheckDigits | Perl extension to generate and test check digits
 * perl-Authen-Krb5 | Krb5 Perl module
 * perl-Class-Inner | A perlish implementation of Java like inner classes
 * perl-Crypt-CBC | Encrypt Data with Cipher Block Chaining Mode
 * perl-DateTime-Precise | Perform common time and date operations with additional GPS operations
 * perl-HTML-Scrubber | Library for scrubbing/sanitizing html
 * perl-IPC-ShareLite | Light-weight interface to shared memory
 * perl-Linux-Pid | Get the native PID and the PPID on Linux
 * perl-Math-BaseCnv | Fast functions to CoNVert between number Bases
 * perl-NetAddr-IP | Manages IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and subnets
 * perl-TermReadKey | A perl module for simple terminal control
 * perl-Test-Unit | The PerlUnit testing framework
 * perl-Text-Format | Various subroutines to format text
 * perl-User | API for locating user information regardless of OS
 * perl-XML-Handler-YAWriter | Yet another Perl SAX XML Writer
 * perl-XML-Merge | Flexibly merge XML documents
 * perl-XML-Tidy | Tidy indenting of XML documents
 * perl-XML-Xerces | Perl API to Xerces XML parser
 * python-libgmail | Library to provide access to Gmail via Python
 * remctl | Client/server for Kerberos-authenticated command execution
 * rtpproxy | A symmetric RTP proxy
 * sagator | SAGATOR - antivir/antispam gateway for smtp server
 * silkscreen-fonts | Silkscreen four member type family
 * up-imapproxy | University of Pittsburgh IMAP Proxy