Re: [gentoo-dev] Ebuilds not getting in :(

[Jon Portnoy]

On Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 08:00:12PM +0200, Klavs Klavsen wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-04-22 at 19:55, Mark Bainter wrote:
> > Jon Portnoy [avenj@g.o] wrote:
> > > The problem is that we can't just give everyone who submits an ebuild or
> > > two commit access.
> > >
> > > We are, however, stepping up recruiting somewhat with a recruiting email
> > > address. There are also ideas floating around for ways to make it easier
> > > for users to get ebuilds into the tree quicker.
> >
> > I don't disagree with this.  You might consider letting them still be a
> > maintainer though, and just have people who are new maintainers pass
> > their changes through a more seasoned member of the community until they
> > have a few releases under their belt, or whatever criteria the devs think
> > demonstrates the level of trust necessary to give them commit access to
> > their ebuilds.
>
> See this sounds like a good idea. I ofcourse don't want the current
> maintainer to feel dumped because someone else makes an ebuild for the
> newest version of a program.
>
> Perhaps something like a Primary - and secondary ebuild maintainers
> could be established?
>


Something similar is in the works as part of the maintainers for ebuilds 
thing. Nothing has been absolutely decided on yet, so it's premature to 
offer details and get people's hopes up, but hopefully the new system 
will provide for a better way to keep track of ebuild updates and figure 
out what ebuilds need new maintainers, allowing us to recruit new 
developers to maintain ebuilds in an intelligent and systematic fashion. 

In short: good things are coming (hopefully) :-)

-- 
Jon Portnoy
avenj/irc.freenode.net

--
gentoo-dev@g.o mailing list