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From: Sam Jorna <wraeth@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Fixing elasticsearch maintainer
Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 04:24:30
Message-Id: 20170522042422.GA8299@cerberus.civica.com.au
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Fixing elasticsearch maintainer by Patrick Lauer
1 On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 06:12:54AM +0200, Patrick Lauer wrote:
2 > On 05/22/2017 03:52 AM, Sam Jorna wrote:
3 > > On 18/05/17 02:38, Patrick Lauer wrote:
4 > >> Since proxy-maint refuses to be removed from packages (especially since they
5 > >> were unconditionally added to all packages with a non-gentoo-dev maintainer in
6 > >> metadata) they are the de facto maintainers, and overrule everything else.
7 > >
8 > > Just to clarify, the Proxy Maintainers project is not required to be
9 > > added to all packages maintained by non-Gentoo maintainers. If a Gentoo
10 > > developer is willing to work with and proxy commits for maintainer(s)
11 > > without commit access, Proxy Maintainers are happy to be removed. There
12 > > are several metadata.xml's in the tree with examples, including a few
13 > > for which you are one of the maintainers.
14 > >
15 > That's nice.
16 >
17 > Could proxy-maint as a team maybe try to agree on such things so that
18 > everyone is on the same page? It's a tiny bit annoying when the actions
19 > of some contradict the suggested rules of others, while appearing as a
20 > single team to the outside ...
21
22 I suspect it's likely a misunderstanding - without notification, all
23 anyone from Proxy Maint sees is proxy-maint being removed. An E-Mail to
24 proxy-maint@g.o explaining that you've spoken to and are taking over
25 proxying of the package would make sure we know what's happening.
26
27 --
28 Sam Jorna (wraeth)
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Fixing elasticsearch maintainer Kent Fredric <kentnl@g.o>