On 03.11.18 14:27, Perry E. Metzger wrote: > So an instance of something that hasn't happened much has appeared, > and I'd like some guidance both on the individual instance and on the > problem in general.
[...] > 1. How does one adjudicate this particular dispute? > 2. How does one adjudicate such disagreements in general? > > At the moment, our process gives a port maintainer absolute say over > how a port is maintained, but I don't think that's always reasonable. > However, we have no mechanism for settling a disagreement. As far as I am aware, we were always able to find a solution that works for both the maintainer and other developers requesting changes. I would appreciate if we could try to find a compromise here as well. As long as the variant is enabled by default, the contents and functionality of the port will not change. Such a variant should also not require much, if any, maintenance effort. Rainer
