On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 1:19 AM, Markos Chandras <hwoar...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On 4 December 2012 01:18, Ben de Groot <yng...@gentoo.org> wrote: >> On 3 December 2012 03:30, Markos Chandras <hwoar...@gentoo.org> wrote: >>> >>> >>> 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 >> >> >> In my opinion we should limit the amount of places where we document >> policies and best practices. I suggest we keep only devmanual and PMS as >> authoritative documents. >> >> In that case we should go forward and add these kind of policies to the >> devmanual. >> >> -- >> Cheers, >> >> Ben | yngwin >> Gentoo developer >> Gentoo Qt project lead, Gentoo Wiki admin > > As I said, the only drawback is that devmanual will become huge and > without a proper "search" functionality, it will be a real pain to > search > for something quickly. Especially for new developers who are not > familiar with how devmanual is structured.
"site:devmanual.gentoo.org <term>" Works in bing, I tried it! It likely works in any modern search engine. > > -- > Regards, > Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2 >
