On 7 December 2013 04:33, Alexander Rødseth <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > 2013/12/6 Rashif Ray Rahman <[email protected]>: >> On 7 December 2013 01:15, Alexander Rødseth <[email protected]> wrote: >>> If there are no protests, I will, after some time (say, three days >> >> I don't think that's enough time to get the representative opinion. > > You cut away the important part of the quote. Here is what I wrote: > "three days without any replies to this thread" > > That means that after the last person has replied (there may be > replies for days and weeks), I will wait three days. > Do you think I should wait even longer after the last reply?
That's not a big problem -- and it might work well for trivial issues -- but I think a fixed time frame is always good due to the inherent uncertainty (the last reply could come now, or it could come next month). >> If a packager wants to go out of her way to provide a desktop file for >> software that traditionally do not ship with one, I say we allow her >> to do it. > > I say we make it a requirement to provide one, for all GUI > applications, but not by putting easily generated .desktop files into > our repos. I'll refrain from reiterating my points since the discussion appears to be over. > Do you know of any female Arch Linux package maintainers? I don't. So, off-topic: In an attempt to be gender-neutral I sometimes end up using alternative pronouns (which can be pointless, but you'll find more folks guilty of this than just me). Btw, we _did_ have one or two in the past, and we _could_ have another. You never know. -- GPG/PGP ID: C0711BF1
