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On 05/06/2016 02:19 PM, Anne Mulhern wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm a co-maintainer for python-pyudev. I requested a branch for EPEL 7 via
> the fedpkg web interface.
>
> Now, I can look at the status of the request I made, which is pending.
>
> I can click on a link to a separate page for this request, which tells me
> the following:
>
> """
> Update request: 5211
>
> As current admin of the package you have the possibility for 7 days to
> block a branch request for EPEL branches.
>
> During the 7 days following the request, you can 'Block' the new branch
> process by setting the request to Blocked or 'Approve' it by setting it to
> Awaiting Review to inform admins that they can now review this request.
> User: mulhern
> Package: python-pyudev
> Action: request.branch
> To branch: epel7
> Action status*
> """
>
> But the only available Action status options in the list box are
"Pending"
> and "Obsolete"k
> I would like to choose "Approve".
>
> What should I do now?
>
> - mulhern
It's waiting for the approval of one of the package administrators. You
may want to ping them.
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Hi,
python-pyudev is already shipped in RHEL-7, so I am afraid that creating EPEL-7
branch is against EPEL policy [1]:
Thus packages from EPEL should never replace packages from the target
base distribution
thanks & regards
Jaroslav
[1]
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/GuidelinesAndPolicies#Policy