Re: submitting rpms to redhat contrib?

[Roger Dingledine <arma@mit.edu>]

> > It struck me that an excellent way of getting more people to use the
> > new rpms is to submit them to the redhat contrib site, and then send
> 
> we could do this, but one thing to keep in mind is that submitting to
> redhat contrib is a pain in the butt since their connections time out
> very quickly ( even for uploaders ) . You need a T1 to succesfully
> get anything uploaded there ( and even then, a T1 doesn't ensure 100%
> success ) 

This should not be an issue -- cran and belegost both have very high-speed
links. Feel free to upload things from them.
 
> I've also thought of this and I've uploaded some of my packages to rh
> contrib  I think it is a good idea. It goes against the goals of our
> project to hoard our packages. The only consideration is that we don't
> want to work too hard doing this. 

Do all packages uploaded to rh-contrib get announced to redhat-announce?
(That is, if the person who uploads them bothers to send mail as well.)
Seems that making it clear they came from the independence project would
be good for everybody, in terms of where to direct bug reports and also
for people looking for similar packages.

Similarly, uploading the rpms to rpmfind (rpmfind.net/linux/rpmfind) might
be a good plan, so more people can get them when they do searches there. 

Another thought is to contact the authors of the packages you've been
packaging, and try to distribute the load a little bit. In theory, each
author can maintain a good rpm for his package, or a user of the program
can build one. This should extend to .deb's as well, ideally.
 
> Cheers,
> 
> -- Donovan
 
--Roger