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From: Zhang Le <r0bertz@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Monthly Gentoo Council Reminder for March
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:34:59
Message-Id: 20080306133835.GA19029@adriano.voip.hkcable.com.hk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Monthly Gentoo Council Reminder for March by "Santiago M. Mola"
1 On 21:07 Wed 05 Mar , Santiago M. Mola wrote:
2 > On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 6:11 PM, Anant Narayanan <anant@g.o> wrote:
3 > > Some of you may argue that we already have proxy-maintainers. That's a
4 > > great idea, all I'm asking for is for us to formalize the position.
5 > > Giving a proxy-maintainer an official acknowledgement will definitely
6 > > attract more users to contribute.
7 >
8 > IMO the problem with proxy-maintainers is that most users don't know
9 > such a thing exists. I bet some users could proxy-maintain a lot of
10 > orphaned packages if we potentiate proxy-maint.
11
12 ++
13
14 IMO giving proxy-maintainer due credit and publicity, meaning make it a formal
15 position, could solve the very problem Anant's proposal intended to solve.
16
17 Zhang Le
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