Re: [gentoo-dev] introduce a soft-limit policy for changing other developers ebuilds

2012-12-04 Thread Markos Chandras
On 4 December 2012 15:42, Alec Warner wrote: > On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 1:19 AM, Markos Chandras wrote: >> On 4 December 2012 01:18, Ben de Groot wrote: >>> On 3 December 2012 03:30, Markos Chandras wrote: On Dec 2, 2012 6:09 PM, "Rich Freeman" wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 2,

Re: Proxy maintainers in metadata.xml (was Re: [gentoo-dev] introduce a soft-limit policy for changing other developers ebuilds)

2012-12-04 Thread Markos Chandras
On 4 December 2012 17:28, Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 12/04/2012 12:06 PM, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: >> On 04/12/2012 08:01, Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina wrote: >>> I feel the description field is already overloaded when there is a proxy >>>

Re: Proxy maintainers in metadata.xml (was Re: [gentoo-dev] introduce a soft-limit policy for changing other developers ebuilds)

2012-12-04 Thread Diego Elio Pettenò
On 04/12/2012 10:35, Sergey Popov wrote: > Agreed. I add description field to metadata for proxying packages, cause > i see such field in other packages' metadata. That is it. But it would > be better when this became official policy. At least - define actual > maintainer first, even if he is not d

Re: Proxy maintainers in metadata.xml (was Re: [gentoo-dev] introduce a soft-limit policy for changing other developers ebuilds)

2012-12-04 Thread Sergey Popov
04.12.2012 21:28, Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina wrote: > A quick "site:devmanual.gentoo.org proxy" search indicates no > documentation of this at all. > > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/qa/proxy-maintainers/index.xml?style=printable > > This page exists, but doesn't really mention anything about proper

Re: [gentoo-dev] introduce a soft-limit policy for changing other developers ebuilds

2012-12-04 Thread hasufell
the patch has been modified to reflect Zero_Chaos suggestions: - tell where to look for herd or maintainer notes (such as "touch at will"): metadata.xml - explicitly say to contact other devs if unsure how to handle a situation, especially if it's a critical one commit e6ebf193852f92aa1dfec162f1bc

Re: [gentoo-dev] introduce a soft-limit policy for changing other developers ebuilds

2012-12-04 Thread Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/04/2012 12:32 PM, hasufell wrote: > On 12/04/2012 06:17 PM, Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina wrote: > >> I'm sorry but isn't specific policy related to global policy? Why >> yes, yes it is. > > > Unless they conflict, then no. > > >>> On 12/04/2012

Re: [gentoo-dev] introduce a soft-limit policy for changing other developers ebuilds

2012-12-04 Thread hasufell
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/04/2012 06:17 PM, Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina wrote: > > I'm sorry but isn't specific policy related to global policy? Why > yes, yes it is. > Unless they conflict, then no. > >> On 12/04/2012 09:10 AM, Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina wrote: > >>> If

Re: Proxy maintainers in metadata.xml (was Re: [gentoo-dev] introduce a soft-limit policy for changing other developers ebuilds)

2012-12-04 Thread Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/04/2012 12:06 PM, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: > On 04/12/2012 08:01, Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina wrote: >> I feel the description field is already overloaded when there is a proxy >> situation, maybe it would be best to define a field for this. Also

Re: [gentoo-dev] introduce a soft-limit policy for changing other developers ebuilds

2012-12-04 Thread Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/04/2012 12:01 PM, hasufell wrote: > On 12/04/2012 05:01 PM, Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina wrote: > >> f...@gentoo.org Me >> Proxy maintainer, assign bugs to proxied maintainer, >> cc on bugs, but feel free to just fix the bugs >> > >> I feel the

Proxy maintainers in metadata.xml (was Re: [gentoo-dev] introduce a soft-limit policy for changing other developers ebuilds)

2012-12-04 Thread Diego Elio Pettenò
On 04/12/2012 08:01, Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina wrote: > I feel the description field is already overloaded when there is a proxy > situation, maybe it would be best to define a field for this. Also > english isn't primary language for everyone in the world so if the > policy could actually be speci

Re: [gentoo-dev] introduce a soft-limit policy for changing other developers ebuilds

2012-12-04 Thread hasufell
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/04/2012 05:01 PM, Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina wrote: > > f...@gentoo.org Me > Proxy maintainer, assign bugs to proxied maintainer, > cc on bugs, but feel free to just fix the bugs > > > I feel the description field is already overloaded when t

Re: [gentoo-dev] introduce a soft-limit policy for changing other developers ebuilds

2012-12-04 Thread Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/04/2012 04:23 AM, Markos Chandras wrote: > On 4 December 2012 08:10, Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina > wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 12/02/2012 10:21 AM, hasufell wrote: >>> As I was told in my recruiting process

Re: [gentoo-dev] introduce a soft-limit policy for changing other developers ebuilds

2012-12-04 Thread Alec Warner
On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 1:19 AM, Markos Chandras wrote: > On 4 December 2012 01:18, Ben de Groot wrote: >> On 3 December 2012 03:30, Markos Chandras wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Dec 2, 2012 6:09 PM, "Rich Freeman" wrote: >>> > >>> > On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 10:21 AM, hasufell wrote: >>> > > Only questio

Re: [gentoo-dev] introduce a soft-limit policy for changing other developers ebuilds

2012-12-04 Thread Markos Chandras
On 4 December 2012 08:10, Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 12/02/2012 10:21 AM, hasufell wrote: >> As I was told in my recruiting process we usually don't just fix up >> ebuilds of other devs unless it's trivial, very severe or something. >>

Re: [gentoo-dev] introduce a soft-limit policy for changing other developers ebuilds

2012-12-04 Thread Markos Chandras
On 4 December 2012 01:18, Ben de Groot wrote: > On 3 December 2012 03:30, Markos Chandras wrote: >> >> >> On Dec 2, 2012 6:09 PM, "Rich Freeman" wrote: >> > >> > On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 10:21 AM, hasufell wrote: >> > > Only question is now what is a sane soft limit, before you go on and >> > > f

Re: [gentoo-dev] introduce a soft-limit policy for changing other developers ebuilds

2012-12-04 Thread Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/02/2012 10:21 AM, hasufell wrote: > As I was told in my recruiting process we usually don't just fix up > ebuilds of other devs unless it's trivial, very severe or something. > > The usual process is nothing new: try to contact the maintainer, o