On 3/20/06, Trevor Harmon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mar 20, 2006, at 9:50 AM, Alexander K. Hansen wrote: > > > I've started drafting up some documents on the wiki that pertain to > > package maintainership. Please look at them, expand on them, rip the > > text up... > > Looks good; that's exactly the kind of clarification I was hoping we > could add. A couple of questions: > > 1. Could we put citations to this page in the packaging tutorial and > manual?
Sure. It's on the wiki, so anybody can make add any edits they want. :-) > 2. The Updating page only talks about people with commit access. > Would the same rules apply to those without commit access? That is, > can they submit to the tracker an update to a package they don't > maintain, as long as the same criteria apply? The reason I focused on direct commits is because that can immediately affect a maintainer's package without them having been involved in the process. The items I focused on are examples of issues that can quickly bog down our mailing lists while we wait for a maintainer response. Since stuff in the tracker doesn't immediately get out into the wild, I'd envision a more liberal policy in terms of what is allowed--structural changes, variants, new versions rather than revisions, .... On the other hand, in the absence of an emergency the listed package maintainer should be given by-in on the package (and may well be the one who commits it) unless they surrender the package. The rules for experimental trees would be similar. > > Trevor > -- Alexander K. Hansen Fink Documenter [Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment http://psfcwww2.psfc.mit.edu/ldx/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
