On Sun, Jul 03, 2022 at 09:03:04PM -0700, Georgy Yakovlev wrote: > I've been rather busy lately and can't keep up with all of my packages. > There are pending bumps, some bugs, but nothing too crazy or hard. > So I'm looking for someone to co-maintain (or even take over if you > insist) the following packages: > > * net-mail/notmuch > pseudo-autoconf NIH build system that can be PITA to work with, > responsive upstream. High profile package. > proxied maintainer in metadata has not been active lately and probably > should be dropped. > > * net-irc/weechat > Regular but not very frequent releases, responsive upstream, cmake, > pretty sane and very popular. > > * dev-cpp/abseil-cpp > Googleware, it's usually bundled into source, like gnulib, but some > projects use system copy. > Hardcoded flags, broken abi every other bump, may require slotting in > the future, some revdeps rely on older versions. Not hard to maintain, > but has more that usual blast radius. > > * net-libs/grpc > * dev-python/grpcio > * dev-python/grpcio-tools > * dev-python/grpcio-testing > grpc stack, googleware again. rather frequent releases, lack of > portage-able tests, as tests insist on downloading gtest stack git > master in src_test phase. > Technically it's already co-maintained, but I't be beneficial if we > have more hands and eyes on this one. > python project has been helping with python packages, but lack of tests > makes the package somewhat risky. > bonus points if you can test it with tensorflow. > > * dev-util/bear > Responsive upstream. Tests work but require disabling sandboxing (check > ebuild on how to run it). Not too hard, pretty popular. > > * app-arch/dpkg > debian upstream, easy to maintain. just need extra eyeballs. > > * app-shells/fish > Responsive upstream, not very frequent releases, cmake. Requires some > attention on non-x86 as arch bugs are rather frequent. But nothing too > crazy. > > * sys-process/glances > Responsive upstream, easy package. Just need extra pair of eyes/hands.
Joined you here! > * dev-util/google-perftools > Another google package, very arch-specific, big blast radius if broken. > Not hard to maintain, but need to be extra careful with revdeps, > requires alt-arch testing. > > * app-admin/sysstat > pretty easy but important package. I will also offer base-system to > take it, as it's kinda important one. > > * app-admin/tmpreaper > debian upstream, easy. > > * x11-misc/xwallpaper > sane upstream, easy package. just need extra hands. probably most > secure wallpaper setter out there ;-) > > > Thanks, Georgy. > > PS. Huge bonus if you can test packages not only on x86_64. > Ofc I can help with some gotchas in packages and have no plans on > abandoning those completely, but realistically I'm not doing enough to > keep those properly maintained at the moment. >
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