Re: [gentoo-dev] Change or revert the "30 days maintainer timeout" stabilization policy

[Ian Stakenvicius]

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On 02/04/14 03:28 PM, hasufell wrote:
> I'm just not sure what any of the randomly filed stablereqs are
> for. It doesn't help anyone, unless the guy who filed it actually
> uses it or if it is a blocker for another stabilization.
>
> It's annoying me for some time now. I expect maintainers to keep
> track of their packages and have a scheme when and what to
> stabilize.
>
> So if you cannot provide any useful information, don't file
> stablereqs.
>

The idea, I believe, was that it's supposed to be a way for ensuring
stable doesn't get too far behind ~arch, by pushing for stabilization
automatically after a certain amount of time.  It's an "opt-out"
approach rather than the "opt-in" approach we have without such a
system.  Of course it does sort of have to be followed up with an
auto-AT-CC after a certain amount of time too, for it to be effective.

In general, i think the idea here makes some sense.  However, it also
makes sense that certain dev's work flows need to be taken into
account (ie, certain or all of their packages are not auto-stabilized)
and (as per the original post) sometimes multiple versions should go
stable at once, in different slots.


notes.txt or similar in the tree could help. I would also recommend
(as i've brought up before) that anyone who doesn't mind other random
dev's touching packages, should put a note here too (and vice versa,
if said dev is adamant that nobody should touch their packages).
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