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On Dec 2, 2012 6:09 PM, "Rich Freeman" <rich0@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 10:21 AM, hasufell <hasufell@g.o> wrote: |
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> > Only question is now what is a sane soft limit, before you go on and fix |
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> > stuff. |
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> > From a discussion in #gentoo-dev we thought 2-4 weeks depending on the |
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> > severity of the bug is fine. Ofc this should exclude major changes or |
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> > delicate packages from base-system/core/toolchain. |
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> Seems reasonable - I'd say 2 weeks is plenty. Of course, if the |
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> maintainer explicitly rejects the change in a posting on the bug, then |
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> it is hands off without some kind of escalation. Non-maintainers who |
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> are concerned about a package can always step up to maintain, as long |
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> as it involves real commitment. |
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> Oh, and on a side note Markos raises a valid point on the bug about |
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> whether the devmanual is a good place for policy. The problem is that |
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> I'm not sure we really have a good place, especially with the ebuild |
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> docs gone in favor of the devmanual now. |
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> Rich |
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Maybe adding some bits here[1] is preferred instead of the devmanual. |
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Unless we agree to make devmanual a technical and non-technical document, |
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which I personally don't like because it will end up being huge without |
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some sort of indexing/search textbox for quick queries. |
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[1] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/handbook/handbook.xml?part=2&chap=2 |
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