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All, |
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gentoo policy states that if you want to make a change to a package, but |
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you find that it is maintained by someone else, you are supposed to |
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contact them and give them a reasonable chance to reply before you |
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change the packages they maintain unless you have a different |
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arrangement with them or you are one of the herd maintainers for the |
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package. |
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The exceptions to this that I know about would be things like a |
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developer being on devaway or some sort of tree-wide change that affects |
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the package in question. But, tree-wide changes are usually |
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announced here anyway, so those are different. |
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I am concerned because lately I have seen several packages I maintain |
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being touched without this attempt to contact me. |
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It isn't that I mind the help, I just like to know when something is |
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about to be changed with packages I work on and why. |
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Could everyone please bear this in mind when dealing with packages you |
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do not maintain? |
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Thanks much, |
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William |