Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Mark Loeser posted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, excerpted > below, on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 09:11:28 -0400: > > >> > * QA will take an active role in cleaning up unmaintained and broken > >> > packages from the tree. It is also encouraged of members of the QA > >> > team to assist in mentoring new developers that wish to take over > >> > unmaintained packages/herds. > >> > >> i am not sure how to read this one, it could mean broken packages that > >> are unmaintained, but how it is written it could also mean unmaintained > >> || broken, not only unmaintained && broken, i really wish you would at > >> least consider not killing off unmaintained and not broken packages, > >> and word it in some way that this comes out clear in that paragraph > > > > It is written exactly how I meant for it to be interpretted. We will be > > removing things that are unmaintained *and* broken. I'm sure the > > security team will agree that this is a problem that currently plagues > > them as well, and I think we can help them out by doing what we can in > > this regard. > > What about "... cleaning up and removing from the tree unmaintained > packages as they are found to be broken."?
Works for me, and gets the point across more clearly. -- Mark Loeser - Gentoo Developer (cpp gcc-porting qa toolchain x86) email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://dev.gentoo.org/~halcy0n/ http://www.halcy0n.com
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