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From: Tony Clark <tclark@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Ebuilds not getting in :(
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 16:14:33
Message-Id: 200304221814.31739.tclark@telia.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Ebuilds not getting in :( by Klavs Klavsen
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4 On Tuesday 22 April 2003 18.00, Klavs Klavsen wrote:
5 > On Tue, 2003-04-22 at 16:57, Peter Ruskin wrote:
6 > > On Tuesday 22 Apr 2003 15:26, Dan Armak wrote:
7 > > > The second will facilitate quick acceptance of user-submitted ebuilds
8 > > > in some way - probably drawing upon the submitters in one way or
9 > > > another.
10 > >
11 > > I'm more than willing to maintain ebuilds I submit.
12 >
13 > Same here. What are the requirements for being a maintainer?
14 > I don't think one has to make the newest version available ASAP.
15 > This f.ex. didn't happen with drip - which was why I created a new
16 > version myself.
17 >
18 > I think people who submit ebuilds should automacally be added as
19 > maintainer of the ebuild. If they contribute with a newer version of a
20 > given ebuild - then they should be added as maintainer - keeping the old
21 > maintainer too.
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23 Not too sure I agree with this. You need people to take some sort of
24 ownership of the problem. If things don't get done then you can look at
25 replacing them.
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27 >
28 > It's a Community distro and I don't think anyone will mind - as long as
29 > it's all build on volutarity - ie. make a newer version if you like -
30 > don't if you don't.
31 You would be surprised. I lot of ppl take a lot of pride in what they do and
32 would feel very walked over if someone was just added to maintain a package
33 because they where on, say holidays for a week and a new release came out.
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35 tony
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Ebuilds not getting in :( William Hubbs <kc5eiv@×××××××××××××.net>