Rebuilding someone elses package

[Warren Togami]

Ralf Ertzinger wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> Two weeks ago I filed https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=174287
> which requests a rebuild of x3270 for the new openssl in bugzilla. So far
> there has been no response.
> 
> How are we supposed to handle this? Assuming the package still builds with
> the new Openssl (an I have no indication that it would not), can I just
> request a rebuild if the maintainer is not responding?
> 
> (This special case is a little more complicated as the package also
> Requires: /usr/X11R6/bin/mkfontdir which would have to be changed to
> the new path, so it is not a simple "increase release number and push to
> build system").
> 

Just go ahead and make necessary changes in this case.  I suppose we we 
need to make official policy about how to handle this in usual cases.  I 
will bring this to the next FESCO meeting.

Warren Togami
wtogami at redhat.com