Request to become Proven Packager [mschorm]

mschorm commented

2026-07-22 23:31:10 +00:00

Hello,

I, @mschorm, would like to become a Proven Packager.

My 'about me' page covers my Fedora impact - maintaining the MariaDB, MySQL stacks since 2016, and newly also ODBC stack, delivering dozen Fedora Changes, driving several updates to the Packaging Guidelines; community recognitions, and other highlights: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Mschorm

Justification:

As I've gained more experience and broader responsibilities and impact in Fedora, I increasingly run into situations where Proven Packager rights would be convenient - when related changes need to land across dependent packages and maintainers aren't responding to PRs and Bugzilla needinfos.

As a leader of a @db-sig packager group, the Proven Packager powers would come handy for side-tag rebuilds we occasionally do, and after @ljavorsk (#2983) left our team, pursuing different carrier opportunity, we lost the only Proven packager we had, leaving a gap that hasn't been filled since.

Recently, I've also been taking on larger cross-cutting work - the i686 minimization effort that could affect ~3,500 packages. I'd like to personally drive that to completion, and doing so effectively would require Proven Packager access:
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Q2SPZUPEK4KI4CR7K7ZCB5AQBM4RYGWK/

Prerequisites:

I believe the Fedora Changes Packaging Guidelines fixes delivered display my good understanding of the Guidelines and Fedora Linux project nature, and prove I am able to safely land even complex ecosystem changes.

I already have 2FA enabled.

Hello, I, @mschorm, would like to become a Proven Packager. My 'about me' page covers my Fedora impact - maintaining the MariaDB, MySQL stacks since 2016, and newly also ODBC stack, delivering dozen Fedora Changes, driving several updates to the Packaging Guidelines; community recognitions, and other highlights: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Mschorm Justification: As I've gained more experience and broader responsibilities and impact in Fedora, I increasingly run into situations where Proven Packager rights would be convenient - when related changes need to land across dependent packages and maintainers aren't responding to PRs and Bugzilla needinfos. As a leader of a `@db-sig` packager group, the Proven Packager powers would come handy for side-tag rebuilds we occasionally do, and after @ljavorsk (https://forge.fedoraproject.org/fesco/tickets/issues/2983) left our team, pursuing different carrier opportunity, we lost the only Proven packager we had, leaving a gap that hasn't been filled since. Recently, I've also been taking on larger cross-cutting work - the i686 minimization effort that could affect ~3,500 packages. I'd like to personally drive that to completion, and doing so effectively would require Proven Packager access: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Q2SPZUPEK4KI4CR7K7ZCB5AQBM4RYGWK/ Prerequisites: I believe the Fedora Changes Packaging Guidelines fixes delivered display my good understanding of the Guidelines and Fedora Linux project nature, and prove I am able to safely land even complex ecosystem changes. I already have 2FA enabled.

gotmax23 commented

2026-07-22 23:53:56 +00:00

Owner

+1

I have emailed the packager sponsors to invite them to vote on this ticket.

+1 I have emailed the packager sponsors to invite them to vote on this ticket.

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2026-07-22 23:54:09 +00:00

zbyszek commented

2026-07-23 07:02:24 +00:00

Owner

+1

supakeen commented

2026-07-23 07:31:04 +00:00

Owner

+1

rjones commented

2026-07-23 07:33:36 +00:00

+1 but also I don't think you should make the i686 change but I still don't think you've explained why it's useful.

jwrdegoede commented

2026-07-23 08:33:48 +00:00

+1 Michal has been helping me out with my backlog wrt Fedora gaming packages and has been doing a great job there (thank you Michal).

ankursinha commented

2026-07-23 08:50:35 +00:00

+1

mikelo2 commented

2026-07-23 10:55:27 +00:00

+1

mizdebsk commented

2026-07-23 19:03:49 +00:00

+1

jjames commented

2026-07-23 19:40:55 +00:00

+1

kevin commented

2026-07-23 21:41:18 +00:00

Owner

Definite +1

leigh123linux commented

2026-07-24 23:03:05 +00:00

+1

ljavorsk commented

2026-07-25 21:23:44 +00:00

+1

churchyard commented

2026-07-28 10:56:59 +00:00

+1

siosm commented

2026-07-28 18:01:44 +00:00

Owner

+1

kevin commented

2026-07-30 19:21:21 +00:00

Owner

It's been a week, I see 14 +1s and 0 -1's so this request is approved.

Use your powers wisely!

(You may need to logout and back on to src.fedoraproject.org to reflect the group membership there).

It's been a week, I see 14 +1s and 0 -1's so this request is approved. Use your powers wisely! (You may need to logout and back on to src.fedoraproject.org to reflect the group membership there).