I asked @merlinm to request provenpackager access. He's going to be my backup (particularly when I'm away on PTO) for all ELN-related build issues. As such, he will need provenpackager permissions.

+1 from me

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wrt ELN, is the intent still to do changes via Pull Requests and only use the provenpackager right once there is no response?

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/ELN_Buildroot_and_Compose#What_if_packages_don.27t_build_on_ELN.3F

wrt ELN, is the intent still to do changes via Pull Requests and only use the provenpackager right once there is no response?
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/ELN_Buildroot_and_Compose#What_if_packages_don.27t_build_on_ELN.3F

Absolutely, yes. This is entirely about Merlin being able to perform the builds, not about making mass-changes.

AFAIK any account from the packager group can trigger builds for existing commits.

For clarity, I am not opposed to this, I just try to understand the reasoning better.

AFAIK any account from the packager group can trigger builds for existing commits.

Really? Huh... I always assumed that was restricted to committers.

Example: https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=45595944

@sgallagh It's only needed for commit access, not for triggering builds.

Still, merging stallled pull requests requires commit access to packages, so this request is reasonable. +1 from me

EDIT: I'll change my vote to ±0 until any issues are cleared up.

I see that Merlin is not maintaining much packages, I checked some of them and they don't comply to our guidelines (not to mention that they exist only as a modular RPMs which is not anymore allowed by our policies).

as per:

skilled package maintainers who are experienced in a wide variety of package types and who are familiar with the packaging guidelines

-1

But definitely @merlinm is welcome to perform ELN rebuilds.

I do see only 3 RPM packages being (co-)maintained by Merlin. Of those, standard-test-roles has astepano as the main admin, and the 2 remaining have been obsoleted in non-modular Fedora after F29.

Only 1 package review done:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?classification=Fedora&component=Package%20Review&email1=mmathesi%40redhat.com&emailassigned_to1=1&emailtype1=equals&product=Fedora

Also, only 4 review requests submitted:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?classification=Fedora&component=Package%20Review&email1=mmathesi%40redhat.com&emailreporter1=1&emailtype1=equals&product=Fedora

Only 3 of those actually made it into non-modular Fedora and not for long, as @torsava noticed.

So, -1 from me. Doesn't look like an "experienced package maintainer" to me.

I am withdrawing my request since it appears I do not need provenpackager privileges for the originally intended purposes.

I defense of my claim to be an "experienced package maintainer", although I may not personally own many packages/modules, I have submitted countless dist-git PRs and patches for packages maintained by others.

I defense of my claim to be an "experienced package maintainer", although I may not personally own many packages/modules, I have submitted countless dist-git PRs and patches for packages maintained by others.

Alright, but you haven't told us that. :) Please provide links next time.