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From: Paul Varner <fuzzyray@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages up for grabs due jokey retirement
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 03:43:36
Message-Id: 4F67FC7E.1020904@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages up for grabs due jokey retirement by Pacho Ramos
1 On 3/19/12 2:26 PM, Pacho Ramos wrote:
2 > El lun, 19-03-2012 a las 10:56 -0500, Paul Varner escribió:
3 >> On 03/18/12 13:50, Pacho Ramos wrote:
4 >>> Due his retirement the following packages need a new maintainer:
5 >>>
6 >>> app-portage/maintainer-helper
7 >>>
8 >>>
9 >>> Thanks for taking them
10 >>
11 >> I've added app-portage/maintainer-helper to the tools-portage herd,
12 >> however, I've left it as maintainer-needed. So if anyone wants to take
13 >> it, feel free. The tools-portage herd will fix bugs for it as we find
14 >> the time.
15 >
16 > I disagree with leaving maintainer-needed as default assign, if you will
17 > fix bugs when you have time it's better than what I will do with
18 > maintainer-needed packages.
19
20 Okay, I've taken out the maintainer-needed as the maintainer and have
21 just left it assigned to the herd. However, in reading through
22 http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/handbook/handbook.xml?part=2&chap=4, I
23 don't see a good mechanism to convey that the package is up for grabs,
24 but in the meantime go ahead and assign any bugs to the herd.
25
26 Regards,
27 Paul

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages up for grabs due jokey retirement Pacho Ramos <pacho@g.o>