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Rich Freeman schrieb: |
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> Packages can be maintained by individuals in which case anybody who |
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> wants to maintain the package can do so, and they're all equals. |
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In my understanding, nobody can monopolize a certain piece of software. |
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So if developer A maintains package X, and developer B disagrees with |
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his decisions, then he can fork and commit his ebuild for X under a |
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different name (say, X-betterthanfromA). So users and other developers |
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can choose what they like more. |
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So if you want systemd support for a particular package, you do not need |
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the agreement of the maintainer. Just commit your own package, and |
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nobody else will have a say in that. |
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> Packages can be maintained by projects, perhaps as part of a herd. |
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> Anybody can start/join a project, and project members elect a head |
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> annually. Projects have more authority than individuals (that just |
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> makes sense). Devrel and QA are special projects that have different |
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> rules. |
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I believe QA has no authority to (functionally) change packages, |
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although they can p.mask whatever they consider unacceptable. Besides, I |
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do not think that it makes sense here to distinguish between individual |
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developers maintaining individual packages, herds (package maintenance |
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groups) and projects. |
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> Bottom line though is that Michał has it right. We're a team that |
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> works together. When it is obvious that you're swimming against the |
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> stream you need to change direction. Gentoo is fairly accommodating |
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> in letting people do weird things on the side that are even |
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> contradictory to the mainstream, but they have to be on the side. |
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> Users really need a decent day-to-day experience with the packages in |
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> the main tree. |
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This is something I fundamentally do not agree with. Gentoo is not a |
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team that works together. There is no set direction (or "stream"). |
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Gentoo is a collection of individuals which each work on a small part of |
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it, and the interference in that is kept to the necessary minimum, |
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mostly by Council enacted rules. I would be very unhappy if that were to |
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change. |
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Best regards, |
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Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn |
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