Archive:EPEL/Reports/Week29

Weekly EPEL Summary

Week 29/2007

Most important happenings

• RH will plans to add stuff that is part of the EL5Client (like python-imaging) to the Channels for EL5Server; that should solve most of our problem on that topic

EPEL SIG Meeting

Attending

From the Steering Committee:

• dgilmore (DennisGilmore)
• Jeff_S (Jeff Sheltren) (had to leave after half the meeting)
• mmcgrath (MikeMcGrath)
• nirik (KevinFenzi) (had to leave early)
• quiad (KarstenWade)
• stahnma (MichaelStahnke)

Missing from the Steering Committee:

• knurd (ThorstenLeemhuis)

Others that participated the meeting:

Summary

• broken Deps - Jeff_S

• still lots of broken deps

nirik> I've found that if you mail maintainers direct with a solution, most of them will do something... I can try and do that some in the next few days.

• more on the list

• branch for EPEL if Fedora Maintainer does not react

• https://www.redhat.com/archives/epel-devel-list/2007-July/msg00104.html not yet ratified as tehre were not enough people to vote

• early end due to the latter fact

Full Log

https://www.redhat.com/archives/epel-devel-list/2007-July/msg00164.html

Stats

General

Number of EPEL Contributors 112

We welcome 2 new contributors: kwizart_AT_gmail.com, mattdm_AT_mattdm.org

EPEL 5

Number of source packages: 469

Number of binary packages: 853

There are 7 new Packages:

• cacti | An rrd based graphing tool
• ctapi-common | Common files and packaging infrastructure for CT-API modules
• ftgl | OpenGL frontend to Freetype 2
• goffice | Goffice support libraries
• iksemel | An XML parser library designed for Jabber applications
• logserial | Package for logging incoming bytes on asynchronous serial ports
• rdiff-backup | Convenient and transparent local/remote incremental mirror/backup
• tachyon | Parallel / Multiprocessor Ray Tracing System

EPEL 4

Number of source packages: 289

Number of binary packages: 596

There are 5 new Packages:

• ctapi-common | Common files and packaging infrastructure for CT-API modules
• iksemel | An XML parser library designed for Jabber applications
• logserial | Package for logging incoming bytes on asynchronous serial ports
• rdiff-backup | Convenient and transparent local/remote incremental mirror/backup
• tachyon | Parallel / Multiprocessor Ray Tracing System

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