On Dec 2, 2012 6:09 PM, "Rich Freeman" <ri...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 10:21 AM, hasufell <hasuf...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > Only question is now what is a sane soft limit, before you go on and fix > > stuff. > > From a discussion in #gentoo-dev we thought 2-4 weeks depending on the > > severity of the bug is fine. Ofc this should exclude major changes or > > delicate packages from base-system/core/toolchain. > > Seems reasonable - I'd say 2 weeks is plenty. Of course, if the > maintainer explicitly rejects the change in a posting on the bug, then > it is hands off without some kind of escalation. Non-maintainers who > are concerned about a package can always step up to maintain, as long > as it involves real commitment. > > Oh, and on a side note Markos raises a valid point on the bug about > whether the devmanual is a good place for policy. The problem is that > I'm not sure we really have a good place, especially with the ebuild > docs gone in favor of the devmanual now. > > Rich >
Maybe adding some bits here[1] is preferred instead of the devmanual. Unless we agree to make devmanual a technical and non-technical document, which I personally don't like because it will end up being huge without some sort of indexing/search textbox for quick queries. [1] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/handbook/handbook.xml?part=2&chap=2
