On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 1:56 PM, Maciej (Matchek) Bliziński <[email protected]> wrote: > FAQ > > Q: Can I refresh package listed under somebody else's name? > A: Yes! The exception are the core packages like GCC or Apache. In > such case talk to people first. As we talked in October[1], we're > accepting that our package database doesn't reflect reality as to who > owns (cares about) which package. We only have information about who > was the last person to upload each package. The two things are > correlated, but not strongly. > > Q: What if I want a package to be assigned to my name? > A: Rebuild it and re-upload. > > Have a happy 2015! > > Maciej > > [1] http://lists.opencsw.org/pipermail/maintainers/2014-October/019510.html
Is this official because a couple of people see it that way? What are the core packages? Please give me a complete list of them. I remember trying to define tiers in 2011 (?) but we never got anywhere. Why are "core" packages an exception? As far as I know we don't handle them any different in any other way. I still expect to be contacted beforehand but the above pretty much states that anything goes.
