[gentoo-dev] Re: Should orphan package without any stable version be stabilized?

2010-06-24 Thread Christian Faulhammer
Hi,

Pacho Ramos pa...@gentoo.org:
 app-office/ledger doesn't have any maintainer and has no stable
 version, also, seems that no other app requires this to be
 stabilized. I would prefer to keep this in testing until a maintainer
 really maintains it downstream, but I am not sure if there is already
 some policy on this :-/

 Generally it should not be stabilised.  But based on common sense
 (simple program, no dependencies), you could do it.

V-Li

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Should orphan package without any stable version be stabilized?

2010-06-24 Thread Pacho Ramos
El jue, 24-06-2010 a las 17:44 +0200, Christian Faulhammer escribió:
 Hi,
 
 Pacho Ramos pa...@gentoo.org:
  app-office/ledger doesn't have any maintainer and has no stable
  version, also, seems that no other app requires this to be
  stabilized. I would prefer to keep this in testing until a maintainer
  really maintains it downstream, but I am not sure if there is already
  some policy on this :-/
 
  Generally it should not be stabilised.  But based on common sense
  (simple program, no dependencies), you could do it.
 
 V-Li
 

OK, I was doubtful because when a package lacks maintainer, maybe it's
not fully tested and some bugs could be opened and, then, rarely fixed
(as they would be assigned to maintainer-needed). On the other hand, I
would hope that preserving those packages in testing, their users
wouldn't expect it to be as stable and properly maintained as a
package marked stable.


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