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Jerry James’s Contributions to Fedora

Here are the packages I have been involved with as a Fedora maintainer and package reviewer, and the work I have done as a sponsor of other packagers.

Packages I Maintain

Packages I Submitted

Packages I Adopted

Packages I Comaintain

  • cddlib: I became comaintainer in April 2011
  • fflas-ffpack: brought into Fedora in June 2011 (review request). In December 2021, I gave the package to Ben Beasley and stepped into the comaintainer role.
  • flint: I became comaintainer in April 2011
  • fontawesome-fonts: I became comaintainer in Feb 2023 to manage an upgrade to 6.x
  • givaro: I became comaintainer in July 2011
  • glpk: I failed to note when I became comaintainer and now I do not remember
  • gp2c: brought into Fedora in August 2021 (review request). In December 2021, I gave the package to Ben Beasley and stepped into the comaintainer role.
  • iml: I became comaintainer in April 2011 and maintainer in August 2013. In December 2021, I gave the package to Ben Beasley and stepped back into the comaintainer role.
  • javacc: I became comaintainer in June 2021
  • libdivide: brought into Fedora in September 2019 (review request). In December 2021, I gave the package to Ben Beasley and stepped into the comaintainer role.
  • libedit: I became comaintainer in February 2011
  • libfplll: I became comaintainer in September 2012, and maintainer in August 2013. In December 2021, I gave the package to Ben Beasley and stepped back into the comaintainer role.
  • libmpc: I became comaintainer in November 2020
  • mpfr: I became comaintainer in September 2019
  • ntl: I became comaintainer in August 2012
  • ocaml-atd: I became comaintainer in December 2021
  • ocaml-bin-prot: I became comaintainer in December 2019
  • ocaml-dose3: I became comaintainer in February 2023
  • ocaml-dune: I became comaintainer in December 2019
  • ocaml-gen: I became comaintainer in February 2020
  • ocaml-lablgtk: I became comaintainer in August 2019
  • ocaml-mccs: I became comaintainer in February 2023
  • ocaml-opam-file-format: I became comaintainer in February 2023
  • ocaml-ptmap: I became comaintainer in February 2020
  • ocaml-qcheck: I became comaintainer in February 2020
  • ocaml-qtest: I became comaintainer in February 2020
  • ocaml-sexplib: I became comaintainer in December 2019
  • python-repoze-sphinx-autointerface: brought into Fedora in July 2014 (review request) and given to Lumír Balhar in February 2022, with me staying on in a comaintainer role
  • python-sphinx-copybutton: brought into Fedora in December 2019 (review request) and given to Miro Hrončok in February 2022
  • python-sphinx_rtd_theme: brought into Fedora in July 2014 (review request) and given to Karolina Surma in February 2022
  • tbb: I became comaintainer in January 2016

Packages I Maintained Once Upon A Time

  • abc: brought into Fedora in December 2014 (review request), and retired in August 2023 when it was superseded by yosyshq-abc. The original abc project is notorious for ignoring bug reports and pull requests. The yosys maintainers got tired of that and forked the project.
  • abe: I became comaintainer in February 2011, and maintainer when it was orphaned in January 2012. I re-orphaned it in July 2019 after acknowledging that my children no longer play it.
  • ant-contrib: adopted in June 2021 after it was orphaned, then re-orphaned in July 2021 after I migrated jmol away from it
  • antic: brought into Fedora in August 2020 (review request), and retired in March 2024 when it was superseded by flint
  • arb: brought into Fedora in October 2015 (review request), and retired in March 2024 when it was superseded by flint
  • auto-destdir: I adopted it when it was orphaned in July 2011, then orphaned it myself in December 2020
  • automaton: brought into Fedora in July 2008 (review request), and orphaned in June 2021
  • balloontip: brought into Fedora in April 2014 (review request), and orphaned in January 2018
  • cbmc: adopted when it was orphaned in June 2014. I demoted myself to comaintainer status in favor of Vincent Mihalkovic in May 2020, then quit altogether in July 2023.
  • clblast: brought into Fedora in September 2018 (review request) and orphaned in July 2023 along with python-theano and libgpuarray
  • cmusphinx3: brought into Fedora in September 2009 (review request), and given to Mike Petullo in August 2018
  • coxeter: brought into Fedora in July 2019 (review request) and orphaned in June 2024 when sagemath was gone
  • csisat: brought into Fedora in January 2010 (review request), and retired in October 2015
  • cryptominisat4: brought into Fedora in August 2015 (review request), and retired in July 2018 once all consumers moved to cryptominisat 5.x
  • cudd: I became comaintainer in January 2009 after seeing cudd added to the repository. I wrote to the maintainer to point out that I had some cudd patches on this page, and he invited me to become comaintainer. I became maintainer in August 2013, and retired the package in September 2019 after its home page had been MIA for months and no Fedora packages consumed it anymore.
  • cvc3: brought into Fedora in October 2009 (review request), and retired in February 2016 when superseded by cvc4
  • cvc4: brought into Fedora in February 2014 (review request), and retired in July 2023 when superseded by cvc5
  • drabt: brought into Fedora in July 2018 (review request), and orphaned in June 2019
  • ecl: I became comaintainer in February 2010 after asking for an update that the maintainer was too busy to get to (see this bug). I became maintainer in February 2011, then orphaned it in June 2024 after sagemath was gone.
  • eclib: I became comaintainer in April 2011, and maintainer in August 2013, then orphaned it in June 2024 after sagemath was gone
  • eclipse-findbugs: brought into Fedora in March 2009 (review request), and given to Richard Fearn in March 2010
  • emacs-common-pmd: brought into Fedora in September 2009 (review request), and orphaned in late 2010 or early 2011
  • findbugs: brought into Fedora in March 2009 (review request), and given to Richard Fearn in March 2010
  • findbugs-bcel: brought into Fedora in January 2009 (review request), and given to Richard Fearn in March 2010
  • findbugs-contrib: brought into Fedora in June 2009 (review request), and given to Richard Fearn in March 2010
  • flintqs: brought into Fedora in August 2021 (review request). In December 2021, I gave the package to Ben Beasley and stepped into the comaintainer role. He retired the package in November 2023 because it is no longer used by sagemath.
  • fontawesome5-fonts: brought into Fedora in August 2021 (review request), and retired in April 2023 when fontawesome-fonts moved to version 6.x
  • freetdi-gala: brought into Fedora in December 2019 (review request), then orphaned in June 2024 after sagemath was gone
  • gap-pkg-happrime: brought into Fedora in July 2019 (review request) and retired in July 2022 because it is dead upstream, and sagemath no longer needs it
  • genus2reduction: adopted when it was orphaned in July 2012, then retired in August 2018 after it was absorbed into pari
  • gmp-ecm: I became comaintainer in April 2011, and maintainer in August 2013, then orphaned it in June 2024 after sagemath was gone
  • gnofract4d: adopted when it was orphaned in July 2012, then orphaned it in June 2024 after sagemath was gone
  • jmol: unretired in September 2020 review request, then orphaned in June 2024 after sagemath was gone
  • jni-inchi: brought into Fedora in February 2021 (review request), then orphaned in June 2024 after sagemath was gone
  • gramps: I became comaintainer in February 2008 (fedora-devel-list thread), then dropped out in May 2019 because I never actually did anything to help maintain it, nor have I used it like I intended to do
  • idw-gpl: brought into Fedora in May 2008 (review request), and orphaned in late 2010 or early 2011
  • irstlm: brought into Fedora in October 2013 (review request), and given to Mike Petullo in August 2018
  • jFormatString: brought into Fedora in March 2009 (review request), and given to Richard Fearn in March 2010
  • jacknativeclient: brought into Fedora in May 2012 (review request), and orphaned in January 2018
  • jakarta-commons-httpclient: adopted in June 2021 after it was orphaned and then re-orphaned in August 2021 after giving up on ant-contrib
  • jakarta-ws-rs: adopted in June 2021 after it was orphaned, then retired in October 2021 after jaxb, upon which it depends, was retired
  • jansi1: brought into Fedora in December 2020 so that the jansi package could move on to version 2.x (review request), then transferred to Hans de Goede in June 2021
  • java-diff-utils: brought into Fedora in December 2020 (review request), then orphaned in August 2023 when I didn’t need it anymore
  • javasysmon: brought into Fedora in November 2013 (review request), and orphaned in January 2018
  • jcip-annotations: brought into Fedora in May 2008 (review request), and given to Richard Fearn in March 2010
  • jinput: brought into Fedora in March 2012 (review request), and orphaned in January 2018
  • jline: I became maintainer in March 2021, then orphaned it in August 2023 when I didn’t need it anymore
  • jline2: originally introduced to help with the transition from jline 1.x to 2.x, then retired when it was no longer useful. I brought it back in January 2021 (review request), to help with the transition from 2.x to 3.x, then transferred it to Hans de Goede in June 2021
  • jol: brought into Fedora in December 2020 (review request), then orphaned in August 2023 when I didn’t need it anymore
  • jsr-305: brought into Fedora in August 2008 (review request), and given to Richard Fearn in March 2010
  • juniversalchardet: unretired in December 2020 review request, then orphaned in August 2023 when I didn’t need it anymore
  • lexertl: brought into Fedora in January 2014 (review request), and orphaned in January 2016
  • libbraiding: brought into Fedora in October 2018 (review request). In December 2021, I gave the package to Ben Beasley and stepped into the comaintainer role. In June 2024 I stepped away from the package completely once sagemath was gone.
  • libgap: I became comaintainer in December 2013, then retired the package in February 2019 when it was absorbed into the gap package
  • libgpuarray: brought into Fedora in October 2018 (review request) and orphaned in July 2023 along with python-theano
  • libhomfly: brought into Fedora in October 2018 (review request), then orphaned in June 2024 after sagemath was gone
  • libpuma: brought into Fedora in October 2014 (review request), and orphaned in January 2016
  • ltl2ba: adopted when it was orphaned in June 2011 (fedora-devel-list thread), then retired in January 2023 after frama-c stopped using it
  • material-icons-fonts: brought into Fedora in December 2020 (review request). In November 2021, I sponsored Oğuz Ersen so he could take over primary maintainership of the package eventually. I orphaned the package in August 2023 when I didn’t need it anymore.
  • mcqd: brought into Fedora in July 2019 (review request), then orphaned in June 2024 after sagemath was gone
  • meataxe: brought into Fedora in February 2012 (review request), and retired in December 2019 in favor of sharedmeataxe
  • minisat2: adopted when it was orphaned in June 2011 (fedora-devel-list thread), then orphaned in June 2024 after sagemath was gone
  • mona: brought into Fedora in May 2008 (review request), and orphaned in July 2023 along with pvs-sbcl
  • moodle: adopted in April 2007 and given to Jon Ciesla in July 2007
  • mpir: I became comaintainer in August 2012, and then dropped out in May 2019, because the project seems dead and nothing else I maintain in Fedora needs it
  • mscore: adopted in July 2019 when the maintainer did not have time for it anymore, then retired when it was renamed to musescore in August 2023
  • naga: unretired in September 2020 (review request), then orphaned in June 2024 after sagemath was gone
  • neXtaw: adopted in June 2009 at Ville’s request (private email), and retired in January 2022
  • ocaml-odoc-parser: brought into Fedora in Januay 2022 (review request), and retired in October 2023 when it was merged back into ocaml-odoc
  • ocaml-opam-0install: brought into Fedora in July 2024 (review request), then retired in August 2024 when it was replaced with ocaml-opam-0install-cudf
  • ocaml-ppx-import: brought into Fedora in July 2022 (review request), then orphaned in June 2024 after frama-c stopped using it
  • ocaml-ppx-tools: brought into Fedora in February 2020 (review request), and retired in September 2021 when it was no longer needed by any Fedora package
  • ocaml-ppxfind: brought into Fedora in January 2020 (review request), and retired in December 2020 when it was no longer needed by any Fedora package
  • ocaml-stdint: brought into Fedora in March 2020 (review request) and retired in January 2023 when ocaml-zmq no longer used it
  • ocaml-tplib: brought into Fedora in January 2013 (review request), and given to Richard Jones in February 2022, with me staying on in a comaintainer role, then retired in July 2023 as part of the OCaml 5.0 update
  • ocaml-uuidm: brought into Fedora in January 2020 (review request), and retired in September 2022 when it was no longer needed by any Fedora package
  • openfst: brought into Fedora in May 2011 (review request), and given to Mike Petullo in August 2018
  • opengrm-ngram: brought into Fedora in December 2012 (review request), and given to Mike Petullo in August 2018
  • perl-Text-Aspell: brought into Fedora in April 2007, when I discovered that it was included in its entirety in the moodle distribution (review request), and retired in May 2011. It was unretired by others after more users of it were found.
  • pmd: adopted in January 2009, then reoprhaned in late 2010 or early 2011
  • pocketsphinx: brought into Fedora in August 2009 (review request), and given to Mike Petullo in August 2018
  • polybori: brought into Fedora in January 2012 (review request), as a renaming of the former python-polybori package, which I started comaintaining in April 2011. This package was retired in September 2016 in favor of the brial package.
  • primecount: brought into Fedora in September 2019 (review request), then orphaned in June 2024 after sagemath was gone
  • pvs-sbcl: brought into Fedora in January 2010 (review request), and orphaned in July 2023 when it started failing to build from source
  • pynac: the previous maintainer gave it to me in June 2020. I retired it in May 2022 after it was absorbed into the sagemath package.
  • python-BTrees: brought into Fedora in August 2014 (review request), then orphaned in June 2024 after sagemath was gone
  • python-ZEO: brought into Fedora in October 2014 (review request), then orphaned in June 2024 after sagemath was gone
  • python-ZODB: brought into Fedora in September 2014 (review request), then orphaned in June 2024 after sagemath was gone
  • python-ZODB3: adopted when it was orphaned in April 2011, then orphaned in June 2024 after sagemath was gone
  • python-fastcache: brought into Fedora in December 2014 (review request), and retired in September 2022 when it was no longer needed by any Fedora package
  • python-bash-kernel: brought into Fedora in July 2021 (review request), then orphaned in August 2024 when no Fedora packages needed it anymore
  • python-j1m.sphinxautointerface: brought into Fedora in November 2017 (review request), and retired in June 2020 when it was obsoleted by python-sphinxcontrib-zopeext
  • python-j1m.sphinxautozconfig: brought into Fedora in September 2018 (review request), then orphaned in June 2024 after sagemath was gone
  • python-jupyter-sphinx: brought into Fedora in July 2021 (review request), then orphaned in August 2024 when no Fedora packages needed it anymore
  • python-manuel: brought into Fedora in April 2011 (review request), and given to Kevin Fenzi at some time I do not recall, with me staying on in a comaintainer role. I dropped off of maintenance altogether in June 2024 after sagemath was gone.
  • python-nb2plots: brought into Fedora in September 2018 (review request), and orphaned in August 2024 after python-networkx moved to python-myst-nb
  • python-nose-ignore-docstring: brought into Fedora in August 2018 (review request), and orphaned in November 2019 when it was no longer needed to build anything in Fedora
  • python-orderedset: brought into Fedora in March 2016 (review request), and orphaned in December 2020 when none of my packages needed it anymore
  • python-pep621: brought into Fedora in April 2022 (review request) and retired in July 2022 when the name changed to python-pyproject-metadata
  • python-persistent: brought into Fedora in August 2014 (review request), then orphaned in June 2024 after sagemath was gone
  • python-pplpy: brought into Fedora in April 2019 (review request), then orphaned in June 2024 after sagemath was gone
  • python-primecountpy: brought into Fedora in March 2022 (review request), then orphaned in June 2024 after sagemath was gone
  • python-pytest-cython: brought into Fedora in March 2023 (review request), then orphaned in June 2024 after sagemath was gone
  • python-random2: brought into Fedora in August 2014 (review request), and orphaned in February 2023 when none of my packages needed it anymore
  • python-readthedocs-sphinx-ext: brought into Fedora in February 2020 (review request) and given to Karolina Surma in February 2022
  • python-scripttester: brought into Fedora in September 2018 (review request), and orphaned in August 2024 when none of my packages needed it anymore
  • python-sphinx-testing: brought into Fedora in March 2016 (review request) and given to Miro Hrončok in February 2022
  • python-sphinxcontrib-zopeext: brought into Fedora in June 2020 (review request), then orphaned in June 2024 after sagemath was gone
  • python-sphinxext-rediraffe: brought into Fedora in May 2022 (review request), then orphaned in June 2024 after sagemath was gone
  • python-tdlib: brought into Fedora in December 2019 (review request), then orphaned in June 2024 after sagemath was gone
  • python-theano: brought into Fedora in October 2013 (review request) and orphaned in July 2023 when it failed to build with python 3.12. At that point, sympy no longer needed it to build anyway.
  • python-zodbpickle: brought into Fedora in August 2014 (review request), then orphaned in June 2024 after sagemath was gone
  • python-zope-testrunner: brought into Fedora in June 2016 (review request), then orphaned in June 2024 after sagemath was gone
  • python-zopeundo: brought into Fedora in January 2023 (review request), then orphaned in June 2024 after sagemath was gone
  • rubiks: brought into Fedora in November 2020 (review request), then orphaned in June 2024 after sagemath was gone
  • scala: adopted when it was orphaned in December 2020, then orphaned again in August 2023 when I didn’t need it anymore
  • scalacheck: adopted when it was orphaned in December 2020, then orphaned again in August 2023 when I didn’t need it anymore
  • sharedmeataxe: brought into Fedora in December 2019 (review request), then orphaned in June 2024 after sagemath was gone
  • sirocco: brought into Fedora in October 2018 (review request), then orphaned in June 2024 after sagemath was gone
  • sphinxbase: brought into Fedora in August 2009 (review request), and given to Mike Petullo in August 2018
  • sphinxtrain: brought into Fedora in January 2013 (review request), and given to Mike Petullo in August 2018.
  • stp: adopted when it was orphaned in June 2011, then orphaned in June 2024 when nothing left in Fedora depended on it
  • symmetrica: I became comaintainer in May 2012 and apparently maintainer at some point. I orphaned it in June 2024 after sagemath was gone.
  • test-interface: adopted when it was orphaned in August 2022, then orphaned again in August 2023 when I didn’t need it anymore
  • tex-zfuzz: adopted when it was orphaned in June 2011, and re-orphaned in January 2016
  • tlx: brought into Fedora in December 2019 (review request), then orphaned in June 2024 after sagemath was gone
  • trinity: brought into Fedora in January 2014 (review request), and orphaned in July 2019
  • undertaker: brought into Fedora in October 2011 (review request), and orphaned in January 2016
  • why: I became comaintainer in April 2011 and retired it in March 2020
  • xemacs: adopted in June 2009 at Ville’s request (private email) and retired in January 2022
  • xemacs-packages-base: adopted in June 2009 at Ville’s request (private email) and retired in January 2022
  • xemacs-packages-extra: adopted in June 2009 at Ville’s request (private email) and retired in January 2022
  • zn_poly: adopted in October 2018 by request of Thomas Spura, and retired in March 2023 when sagemath no longer needed it

Packages I Have Reviewed

Packagers I Have Sponsored

Packages Awaiting Review