On Fri, 2009-05-22 at 06:47 +0200, Xyne wrote: > Baho Utot <[email protected]> wrote: > > > What if I use abs to fetch the entire core/extra and then build and > > maintain that tree? Am I now the maintainer and everyone else > > contributors? > > I'll be honest: I rolled my eyes when I read that.
Then I accomplished what I set out to do, That is those tags really are not that important. I compile all my packages used for the system cpu, I start with the install cd and compile base then on to the ones I need for a "working system". > > If you began to independently maintain all of those packages (update > them yourself, modify the PKGBUILDs, etc) then you would be the > "maintainer" to anyone retrieving them from you and you would be > expected to deal with any errors arising from what you changed. If you > do not distribute them, then "maintainer" makes no sense at all. If you > simply copy the PKBUILDs from abs occasionally without adding your own > modifications, then you're not really a maintainer of the PKGBUILD, but > if you decide to distribute binary versions yourself then you would be > the maintainer of those.
