Rich Freeman: > On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 12:38 PM, hasufell <hasuf...@gentoo.org> wrote: >> >> The council has (at least implicitly) stated that people may stop using >> common eclasses that standardize stuff in gentoo if they don't like them >> (that includes python, ruby, perl... eclasses as well, FYI). > > Maybe we should both step back a bit. The Council has said this, no > more or less: > > - Motion: "Every developer is allowed to commit and maintain games > ebuilds, without the need to ask for permission or review from the > games team. The games team does not have authority to override > maintainer decisions on packages they don't maintain." > Accepted unanimously. > Note: This should be understood as clarification of existing policy. >
So can I commit to any category such as ruby, perl, haskell, sound, gnome without any sort of review too, no matter if I follow any sort of project standards (except following PMS)? > - There is consensus amongst council members that specific policies > (e.g., games group, /usr/games hierarchy, and games.eclass) should > be settled by the QA team. > They were not settled. > - Motion: "The council encourages the games team to accept join > requests and elect a lead. In the event they don't elect a lead > within 6 weeks, we will consider the team as dysfunctional and thus > disband it." > Accepted with 6 yes votes and 1 abstention. > This is offtopic, but what's the status? Who is the new lead?
