fedora-infrastructure

#11361 xv maintenance questions.
Closed: Invalid by kevin. Opened by bier.

Closed: Invalid
Reopen Issue

I see that there are 2 sources for the xv package:

-bash.2[~]: dnf provides xv
Last metadata expiration check: 0:01:04 ago on Mon 05 Jun 2023 10:31:38 AM MDT.
xv-3.10a.jumbopatch.20070520-42.fc37.x86_64 : Interactive image display program
: for X
Repo : @System
Matched from:
Provide : xv = 3.10a.jumbopatch.20070520-42.fc37

xv-3.10a.jumbopatch.20070520-42.fc37.x86_64 : Interactive image display program
: for X
Repo : rpmfusion-nonfree
Matched from:
Provide : xv = 3.10a.jumbopatch.20070520-42.fc37

-bash.3[~]:

question #1
Are these identical?
If no,...

question #2
Which is the correct one?

xv is now maintained by a group called "jasper-software" rather than John Bradley. The GitHub URL for jasper-software's xv is here:
"https://github.com/jasper-software/xv".
Last month, jasper-software released a significant enhancement to xv.

question #3
How do I get the maintainer of the xv Fedora package to incorporate the enhancement into the Fedora package(s), and also update the information displayed for xv by dnf?

I am not a sys.admin., so I really need xv to be kept up-to-date on my home workstation via dnf.

Thank-you.

Fedora does not ship a xv package so not going to be able to answer this question. It looks like only rpmfusion has the package so you would need to contact them.

So then the output from "dnf provides" is partially incorrect?
Edited by bier

@System just means that it was installed when the system was installed. That could have been from using an RPM pulled from rpmfusion, a local repository, or a dozen other ways. You would need to do more info like rpm -qi xv to see where the package was actually built.

ok.
One more question.
Now that xv is maintained by jasper-software and is (appears to me to be) free and open, is rpmfusion-nonfree still the correct "home" for it, or should it be moved to rpmfusion-free (or some other dnf-accessible place)?

Thats a question for rpmfusion. ;)

Metadata Update from @kevin:
- Issue close_status updated to: Invalid
- Issue status updated to: Closed (was: Open)

Actually, the better questions are:
1. Given the change in "ownership" of and who maintains xv, does it now qualify as something that Fedora can distribute?

If yes,
2. How would I officially suggest that?

These tickets are for Fedora Infrastructure system. This doesn't really fall under hardware or systems we maintain. Better places to ask these questions would be:

Fedora Developer Mailing List: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/

Or the Fedora Discourse Forum
https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/

ok. understood. Thank-you.
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