-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 22/06/2011 07:30 μμ, Dane Smith wrote: > On 06/22/11 12:18, Markos Chandras wrote: >> On 22/06/2011 06:47 ¼¼, Christoph Mende wrote: >>> On Mi, 2011-06-22 at 18:33 +0300, Markos Chandras wrote: >>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>>> Hash: SHA512 >>>> >>>> On 22/06/2011 06:19 ??, Dane Smith wrote: >>>>> - gpg control packet >>>>> All, >>>>> [..] >>>>> Thanks! >>>>> >>>>> [1] >>>>> http://dev.c1pher.net/index.php/2011/03/c1phers-adopt-a-package-program/ >>>>> >>>> Hi Dane, >>>> >>>> I tried to do the same a year ago. Have a look here. It may help you >>>> understand why that effort did not succeed >>>> >>>> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/gentoo/dev/209204 > >>> I see concerns about to-be-orphaned ebuilds where proxied maintainers >>> only care about the ebuild for a short period. This would only be a >>> problem with new ebuilds that will be added to the tree with a proxy >>> maintainer. Instead of encouraging that, this project could have a goal >>> to reduce m-n packages by assigning proxy maintainers. >>> So no new packages, only old ones revived. Sounds reasonable to me. > >> This is what treecleaners try to do. Announce the upcoming removal of a >> package so users can step up and maintain a package >>> Although I didn't read the full thread, so please don't decapitate me if >>> there were other concerns. > >> The purpose of Dane's proposal is to push ebuilds to portage tree that >> you, as developer, have no interest in them at all, but users do. If the >> proxy-maintainer disappears, you can always leave it portage tree as m-n >> (assuming no open bugs) or ask treecleaners to remove it. > > > Yes, that was one aim, but the primary aim is to reduce m-n packages. > That's what I've been doing so far and I think is what would be the > primary goal of this "new" project. > If this is the primary goal then you should try to merge it to treeclears project instead of creating a new one. Treecleaners is pretty much the only project that advertises the maintainer-needed packages so I think it makes sense to extend this project to meet your needs. We might need to rename the treecleaner project to reflect the extended goals if needed
[1]http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/qa/treecleaners/maintainer-needed.xml - -- Regards, Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJOAhtVAAoJEPqDWhW0r/LC9D0QAJCYrmc6GCfeU51MICpYf8UY SfRtX1zmegi1QyDAVfeYLWGAv4rLHfNPIk7WI8qoVeGaBopEU4W2MvXHmmXe5wC2 wyDBFBSb/qSlEh5eYPwBSuXvTbIDGNX7GhXNmZe3yAoDsx9XrPurygjGO1jF+y5L GECMt/A+l/7Iha5GyjH4Yh9p5NGJZK/ZNjV8C0YxpYl0QGc1YmOu9jbH/STiPB1/ /aa4aA/usFfmBiss+AWwBOSZnTXMQ2HRJVN/WHmwZBHIN1/4azkTlSKUY6go6xsq 29Y+tt9GUNT2iR1QhtBQ032LIeljq4AYA2ce3p4kIaLUJpVc/mSHYP70zxrW2rVL 35NmEYg/tzENeueDVzl7gzMwLquO7eG8lIRt8oe/RwZSoO2c/XWzBhA4ST07YtjK DFLndiB8Llwfm+de0UqhMcbritXLs6/QOQGgQ9MseZ/966Y3N9MI5Cqm5aluQsgM aOZhVN2QmxYWFKp5RCnpszz/s7spbEuhFgXSDfgkKcG+sMcU/LRG544bpLOelkSY b5bRj3odECrmLbhkCDJYYJ6n9mOyXc1zG8q+kfQqKqsgyumEeY228t01/5FJBimr bTtrJetuJB/pJPPD/qzCjrhu+ryiaOzSccLZwxdPZuXRy2gqYadIfCT9L8qq+DzQ adfCD7d/ffGAlXlTrDIo =hrZt -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
