Hi!

I am still alive and reachable but unfortunately things have shifted and =
I am not able to contribute to Fedora and to take care of my packages. I =
have it on my list to find new maintainers since ages. But I didn=E2=80=99=
t come around it. Sorry!

-Ben

On 11. Feb 2026, at 10:50, Mattia Verga pagure@pagure.io wrote:
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mattia reported a new issue against the project: =
find-inactive-packagers that you are following:
Hello @bkircher, =20 during our periodic check as per the "[Inactive packagers = policy](https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fesco/Policy_for_inactive_pac= kagers/)" we detected no activity from you as a packager, nor in other Fedora community places, like Bodhi or mailing lists. =20 =20 In order to reduce security risks from possible accounts hijacking we're trying to contact you to know if you're still reachable and if your email set in Fedora Account System (bki*****@0xadd.de) is = still valid. =20 =20 Please, let us know if you're still intersted in participating in Fedora and if you still need your account to be listed in the = `packager` group. =20 Without any reply from you, in two months the `packager` group = membership will be removed from your account and any package for which you are the main = admin will be orphaned, so that co-maintainers can pick them up. =20
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To reply, visit the link below or just reply to this email
https://pagure.io/find-inactive-packagers/issue/2468

ACK, thanks!
I'll list you for removal from packagers, if you agree, so that interested co-maintainers can pick the packages.

Mattia,=20

On 11. Feb 2026, at 11:10, Mattia Verga pagure@pagure.io wrote:
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ACK, thanks!
I'll list you for removal from packagers, if you agree, so that =
interested co-maintainers can pick the packages.

Yes thanks! I will try to reach out to contributors of the package by =
mail and ask if they want to take over.

-Ben

The following is a list of packages that may become orphan if the user
@bkircher is removed from the packager group. Affected co-maintainers users and groups are
provided as well:

• fluent-bit (affected users: @leoswaldo)
• trash-cli (affected users: @dreua)

Note that this is just an early warning for package co-maintainers/collaborators: the maintainer
can still show up before the orphaning happen.
Anyone who wants to become the maintainer of a package before it is orphaned can try to contact
the current maintainer themselves or, if you really can't wait after the automatic orphaning,
open a ticket to Fedora Releng.

I can take over trash-cli as main admin.

User bkircher will be removed from packager group.

Will there be another notification once trash-cli is orphaned so I know to look and take it?
Or could you still sign it over to me as main-admin @bkircher ?

Will there be another notification once trash-cli is orphaned so I know to look and take it?
Or could you still sign it over to me as main-admin @bkircher ?

You can track the orphaning process in https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/13321