-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 All, As some of you may have seen, over the past couple months I've been serving as a proxy-maintainer on a number of packages for a fair few proxy-committeers through what I've been calling C1phers Adopt a Package Program [1]. So far, I would consider it to be a success. A fair few packages have been adopted (over 15 at this point IIRC). There are a couple problems with this existing in the way that it does however. 1) I am the sole point of contact for all of these packages. 2) It is not really "official". A blog post that some people have seen doesn't really attract a ton of users to get involved. (Though it's done better than I would have guessed). 3) As it grows, it becomes a fair bit of work for the one guy involved (me) =P.
Now, I know there are a fair few packages in the tree that have other proxy-maintainers. (I'm too lazy to get a real number, so sue me.) So here is what I think would be a good idea to do. Create a formal Gentoo project with its own herd and alias. Whenever a packages has a proxy-maintainer, instead of having 2 maintainer entries (one for the user, one for the dev), have the users contact information, and put the package in the herd associated with the project. (Say proxy-maintained with the alias proxy-maintained@g.o.) From there, users that want to have something committed can use the alias, and any dev that's helping with that project can review it quickly and commit it for them. Or if they so choose, they can add themselves to the metadata in addition to the herd and it will be left to them as long as they get to it in a reasonable amount of time. Otherwise someone else can step in and help out. I think this serves a fair few purposes. First off, I would imagine it will take a pretty decent dent out of our growing count of m-n packages. It makes life easier for the proxy-maintainers and their committers. It allows users who want to proxy-maintain something to find the group of people who will help out rather than having to put a call out on the mailing lists. And, it will mean that users involved in the project can get some recognition on the project page. I do realize there is a small amount of overlap with the already existent Sunrise package, however, given that usually Sunrise serves as a home for m-w packages, I think this can help fill the gap left for the m-n packages. (And help provide a logical transition from Sunrise to Portage). Well, that about covers it. What does everyone think? Good idea? Bad idea? Waste of time? Are you crazy? Let's hear it! Thanks! [1] http://dev.c1pher.net/index.php/2011/03/c1phers-adopt-a-package-program/ - -- Dane Smith (c1pher) Gentoo Linux Developer -- QA / Crypto / Sunrise / x86 RSA Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=0x0C2E1531&op=index -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJOAggbAAoJEEsurZwMLhUxLKQP+waNFwYgfWcm1eJDfIk7sY0+ EhZ0yHGVo/aOZ4P/SZMqb1tjf8tgNwaQV8dkPLIGvWFZ4ThExHRJ2FEANakAZgp4 TJCM004xQvX5TQ6QkmQVdTbHqyq0AMZukF3lAsOUWfWfYH776MHR+dKTfpDZg7Gt RvAHjEknHbqvaMZEEqF2rLCV9Gzlg4LxQnz/VaoTt0662o5jlCVltJAqYX094rgi ZAesyeEcy1/1cgKes44/2a6ETbV/isD4UgU0KZHz8Msu8gtE1OWk+ZBoCfE5mYmb D8/xZGx/irdzQMm3aVQviHKZEQMaz70/zpGCfmrmYQSOR232FMJEN4tErMys5Z2D lQ4QfeOTwhHsRFPVFZmg0QD9TMcgAI2Uc+Ck32JOHLIrLOw02tUIh00Danjp4TBK ctNong4g6ayG0BUKByrFP5zrfUV3vQE5L/cul4JlPKbhqGdLl1RpxjqpUG1lCteX FSafKH2aoct2YMTHs1ve0FO3zwsMzo1k7MWWTZWdGmJG9S2GwBQs0yGvtAYwqVQ7 csCkwiROtSUMJzgi4SlBGuZpZ1qemy2CSXIeatYz9ol4W/ixZj6FMw66TbZb+Hjg ZXt5vFX3N2qwqZwl6GHSQCkV/EhaPKSoecN5i4kO052NtOTblRXlsISJiptuLqR9 h1raPYZxIQ8ZoW3elR6z =y21y -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
