Fedora Council statement on Proven Packager situation

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From:		Matthew Miller <mattdm-AT-fedoraproject.org>
To:		devel-announce-AT-lists.fedoraproject.org
Subject:		Fedora Council statement on Proven Packager situation
Date:		Thu, 22 May 2025 11:15:12 -0400
Message-ID:		<[email protected]>
Cc:		Fedora Development List <devel-AT-lists.fedoraproject.org>

The Fedora Council overturns FESCo's decision [3284] to remove Proven Packager rights from a contributor. FESCo didn't have a specific policy for dealing with a request to remove Proven Packager rights. In addition, the FESCo process was handled entirely in private. The contributor didn't receive a formal notification or warning from FESCo, and felt blindsided by the official decision when and how it was announced. The Fedora Council would like to extend our sincerest apology on behalf of the Fedora Project to them. The lack of a defined process for situations like this needs to be addressed before such a decision can be made, including provisions for appropriate warnings and chances to respond by the contributor. In addition, the announcement of a decision should not publicly identify the person. Fedora Council is also asking FESCo to review and improve our packaging guidelines and governance policies. For example, the guidelines for architecture teams[1] and the proven-packager guidelines[2] do not align (even though both are written and current policies) and must be reconciled. The Council and the Code of Conduct Committee will be happy to review and collaborate with FESCo on these topics should they wish. -- Matthew, on behalf of the whole Fedora Council [3284] https://pagure.io/fesco/issue/3284 [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures#Architecture... [2] https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fesco/Who_is_allowed... -- Matthew Miller <[email protected]> Fedora Project Leader -- _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-cond... List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists... Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue