On Tue, 01 Nov 2011, Maarten Vanraes wrote: > Op dinsdag 01 november 2011 00:32:38 schreef Michael Scherer: > [... stuff ...] > So this mean it's preferred, that for example: > > - I grab mysql and httpd > - I do as i see fit > - contributions to httpd (which happen), will have to ask me before doing it. > - since i only wanted to help, i may do a bad job of maintaining it, ie: not > enough fixes, don't respond to others who want to patch httpd, etc... > - perhaps i only care about stable and don't do anything on cauldron > - i could change apache layout for cauldron to debian-style, which i think is > better.
Being maintainer of a package does not mean you're allowed to do anything without discussing. > > etc... > > Personally, i think it's better that it gets done properly. having such a big > responsibility is a pretty big point... If you don't plan to do it properly, then don't be maintainer.
