> On 5 Jul 2022, at 03:49, Ionen Wolkens <io...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 04, 2022 at 04:19:12PM +0200, Florian Schmaus wrote: >> I'd like to propose a new metadata XML element for packages: >> >> <non-maintainer-commits-welcome/> >> >> Maintainers can signal to other developers (and of course contributors >> in general) that they are happy with others to make changes to the >> ebuilds without prior consultation of the maintainer. >> >> Of course, this is not a free ticket to always make changes to packages >> that you do not maintain without prior consultation of the maintainer. I >> would expect people to use their common sense to decide if a change may >> require maintainer attention or not. In general, it is always a good >> idea to communicate changes in every case. >> >> The absence of the flag does not automatically allow the conclusion that >> the maintainer is opposed to non-maintainer commits. It just means that >> the maintainer's stance is not known. I do not believe that we need a >> <non-maintainer-commits-disallowed/> flag, but if the need arises, we >> could always consider adding one. Although, in my experience, people >> mostly like to communicate the "non-maintainer commits welcome" policy >> with others. >> >> WDYT? > > Personally I think something per-maintainer rather than per package > would be simpler, and allow to say more as needed. > > Think like devaway instructions, but something more permanent and > not for being away, e.g. > "feel free to touch my packages except this big important one, and > or do or do not do this to them"
On this, some prior art from zx2c4: https://marc.info/?l=gentoo-dev&m=147816820903115&w=2). Best, sam
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