-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04/02/2014 02:22 PM, Mike Gilbert wrote: > On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Samuli Suominen <ssuomi...@gentoo.org> wrote: >> The "30 days maintainer time out" stabilization policy isn't working >> when package has multiple SLOTs, because >> the bugs are filed for only latest SLOT, where as some packages require >> stabilization in sync at both SLOTs >> >> Option 1: >> >> Either revert the whole policy, and never CC arches on unanswered bugs >> when the package has a maintainer, >> and let him do it when he finds the time himself, and if that doesn't >> happen, wait until it's dropped to maintainer-needed@ >> >> Option 2: >> >> Or, the person who is CCing the arches in 30 days timeout, needs to make >> sure the bug covers all SLOT at the same time >> >> >> The status quo no longer allows me to maintain stable version of >> dev-libs/girara, app-text/zathura*, and the issue needs >> to be addressed, see http://bugs.gentoo.org/502714 for what inspired >> this mail >> >> - Samuli >> > > If you want to prevent packages from being "timed out", just leave a > comment on the bug saying so. If you don't even have time to do that > within a 30 day window, why are you the maintainer? > > Another option would be to add some kind of notation to metadata.xml. > > I've long been a proponent of freeform notes in the metadata. I think leaving a note in there is very helpful for developers, however, in this case unless the note is standardized and the auto-stable script is updated I fear this won't help anyone.
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