On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Markos Chandras <hwoar...@gentoo.org> wrote: > I don't mind adding that link to every package mask. Do note thought > that this is not the only way for a package to be rescued (assuming it > can be rescued). Providing fixes without becoming the maintainer is > also a viable solution, which is probably something we need to add to > that page as well.
I started something at: http://dev.gentoo.org/~rich0/treeclean.txt It needs some work, and guidexmlification. However, I tried to hit some of the alternatives. I'd like to work on this a bit more to try to urge people to make more lasting contributions. Most Gentoo users are sufficiently capable that they could make real contributions to the distro. Sure, not everybody is an expert at everything, but the proxy maintainer project has been more active than it ever has been so now is a good time for users to step up and pitch in where they can. Maybe they can't save their own favorite package, but they might be able to save somebody else's, and vice-versa. Sure, moving to git or gerrit or whatever will make it even easier to contribute, but the fact is that simply implementing technology doesn't make up for the fact that somebody still needs to write the patches. Rich
