On Sunday 21 March 2010 17:22:55 Thomas Sachau wrote:
> Am 21.03.2010 18:06, schrieb Mike Frysinger:
> > On Sunday 21 March 2010 08:41:15 Thomas Sachau wrote:
> >> I see, that the sgml herd seems to be empty for a longer time, so i
> >> would like to ask, if someone wants to take that herd and the related
> >> ebuilds and bugs over or if we should delete that herd and assign
> >> related ebuilds/bugs to m-n.
> > 
> > if someone were to step up, we'd have to undo any changes we just did. 
> > why not add m-n to the herd definition.
> 
> What exactly do you suggest?
> 
> My suggestion is to give people some time to join that herd (which had open
> bugs back from 2006!) for some time and if nothing happens, remove this
> unused herd and assign bugs and ebuilds to m-n, so people at least see,
> that those ebuilds are not maintained, instead of getting the false
> impression of maintainership by an empty herd.

deleting logical herds and updating all the xml files takes effort, as does 
reverting those changes when someone steps up.  from what i can see, there is 
no gain doing this.

simple mark the herd itself as m-n, update the staffing needs page, and then 
re-assign the bugs to m-n while keeping sgml herd in the cc.
-mike

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