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Bug 1287802 - Review Request: make_ext4fs - Create reproducible ext4 images
Summary: Review Request: make_ext4fs - Create reproducible ext4 images
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: Package Review
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Nobody's working on this, feel free to take it
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: FE-NEEDSPONSOR
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2015-12-02 17:34 UTC by Wojtek Porczyk
Modified: 2020-07-16 12:22 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2020-07-16 12:22:56 UTC
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Description Wojtek Porczyk 2015-12-02 17:34:44 UTC 
Spec URL: http://ftp.qubes-os.org/~woju/rpm/make_ext4fs-0-1.spec
SRPM URL: http://ftp.qubes-os.org/~woju/rpm/make_ext4fs-0-1.src.rpm
Description:
This is a tool to create ext4 images. It requires no root access. The images can be build reproducibly.

The tool originated at Google (Android) and was stolen and patched by OpenWRT.

Fedora Account System Username: (none)
Comment 1 Michael S. 2015-12-03 10:35:53 UTC 
Hi

the spec url is 404.
Comment 2 Wojtek Porczyk 2015-12-03 10:39:17 UTC 
Spec URL: http://ftp.qubes-os.org/~woju/rpm/make_ext4fs.spec

Thank you, that was manual editing.
Comment 3 Michael Schwendt 2015-12-16 21:33:19 UTC 
> Summary:	Reproducible ext4 image creator

> %description
> Tool to create reproducible ext4 image files.

This description doesn't expand on the summary. Could it be extended a bit to explain what problem this tool tries to solve? What are its key features? What makes these image files "reproducible" compared with images created with e.g. "dd"?

Btw, there is no documentation included either.
Comment 4 Greg Swift 2016-09-23 18:25:54 UTC 
fwiw: doesnt build in mock on f22 because it is missing a buildrequires for zlib-devel
Comment 5 Package Review 2020-07-10 00:54:08 UTC 
This is an automatic check from review-stats script.

This review request ticket hasn't been updated for some time. We're sorry
it is taking so long. If you're still interested in packaging this software
into Fedora repositories, please respond to this comment clearing the
NEEDINFO flag.

You may want to update the specfile and the src.rpm to the latest version
available and to propose a review swap on Fedora devel mailing list to increase
chances to have your package reviewed. If this is your first package and you
need a sponsor, you may want to post some informal reviews. Read more at
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_get_sponsored_into_the_packager_group.

Without any reply, this request will shortly be considered abandoned
and will be closed.
Thank you for your patience.
Comment 6 Wojtek Porczyk 2020-07-16 10:54:06 UTC 
Hi,

I don't work on this anymore, feel free to close or take over.
Comment 7 Fabio Valentini 2020-07-16 12:22:56 UTC 
It's been five years, so if anybody wants to work on this package now they should open a new review request.
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