EPEL Package Maintainers
EPEL packages are maintained by members of the community. These maintainers respond to bug reports, update packages and add new packages to the collection as needed. EPEL packagers are members of the Fedora "packagers" group.
Joining the EPEL Package Maintainers
There are several ways you can join the EPEL package maintainer group:
1. If you are an existing Fedora package maintainer, you can maintain EPEL packages by becoming a maintainer or comaintainer of an existing EPEL package, which you can apply for in pkgdb. You can also request EPEL branches for your Fedora package and maintain them for EPEL with a Package SCM request.
2. If you are not currently in the Fedora packager group, you could join that group by submitting one or more new packages for Fedora/EPEL, and following the normal Fedora sponsorship process. Then, simply request EPEL branches for your new packages once they are approved.
3. If you are not currently in the Fedora packager group and wish to help co-maintain one or more packages in EPEL, you can try and find an existing package and maintainer of that package who wishes to mentor you. You can then follow the "Become a co-maintainer" path to sponsorship.
EPEL Policies and Guidelines
Where possible, EPEL tries to use and follow any applicable Fedora guidelines. There are of course some exceptions due to older packages and EPEL seeking stability over newer packages. You can find a list of all such guidelines at the [User:Kevin/new_EPEL_Package_Guidelines] page.
EPEL Updates policy
EPEL strives to provide updates that are compatible and stable to compliment the Enterprise Linux packages it's built on. You can find a detailed list of updates policies on the [User:Kevin/new_EPEL_Updates_Policy]
EPEL package wishlist
There's a wishlist available for packages that are desired in the EPEL collection, but are not yet available there.