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On Fri, 19 May 2017 19:27:15 +0200 |
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Kristian Fiskerstrand <k_f@g.o> wrote: |
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> As far as I can see you were never the maintainer of at least |
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> app-misc/elasticsearch (I didn't check other possibly related |
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> packages), it was first proxied maintained through chainsaw, then |
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> later through proxy-maintainers herd (since 2015) which was converted |
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> to the project once herds were deprecated. I don't notice you showing |
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> up in the git log (with cvs history grafted) until 2016 in a commit |
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> that removed proxy maint seemingly without corrabolation, and as such |
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> got reverted. |
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It probably helps better understand what's going on if you pay careful |
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attention, not to the name "Patrick" but to Ferenc Erki. |
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Given they're working side-by-side and so there's room for Patrick to |
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be operating in the capacity indicated by Ferenc without it necessarily |
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being visible in the history ( leading to confusion ) |
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Then a few small, but important changes become apparent: |
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40258029bda18564b0d3e21f0644ffcd40fd4974 - 2015-06-12 ( Gentoo history ) |
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Chainsaw adds Ferenc as a maintainer, where Chainsaw opts to be the |
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proxy. |
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20c1bcbaa6346c6e4643f50b904deaa8e9c06af2 - 2015-12-16 |
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Idella4 adds proxy-maint with Chainsaws ack |
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f279fce9617b2e3ddbf3ef99df8f65629617e959 - 2015-12-16 |
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Idella4 removes Chainsaw, assumingly part of the previous change, |
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moving the proxy from Chainsaw to Proxy-Maint project. |
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ef2b2458815ba4e4694e0d5f3bbce239505ffbc8 - 2015-12-20 |
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Idella4's last commit on this package. |
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3d70356565d3213c370e1f64a85b55c3ded259f5 - 2016-01-06 |
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Patricks first direct commit to this package. |
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<<a dozen version bumps by patrick here>> |
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e6175815b5792f09acd90627af5fe23f616ad245 - 2016-09-02 |
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Patrick adds himself and Tomas, and removes Proxy Maint. |
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^^^ |
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This last commit is, as I understand, where most this conflict comes |
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from. |
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Because to an untrained eye, in isolation looks like an antagonistic |
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dev just going in and changing stuff they have no right to change. |
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But it makes more sense to realise who the primary proxied maintainer |
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was at this time, who can be considered "owning" the package, and has |
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the right to dictate which gentoo dev's maintain their packages for |
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them. |
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And it certainly makes sense given the working relationship and the |
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existing commit history of contribution, that Patrick is already |
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functioning as a primary maintainer at this point, working under the |
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assumption that he just does what Ferenc wants. |
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Proxy-Maint are the unwanted element in this equation, but it seems to |
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me proxy-maint over-reacted based on not having the full picture, and |
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so both sides have some miscommunication and misunderstanding about |
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what the other is doing. |
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Everything *after* that commit looks like after-the-fact |
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edit-wars+confusion. |
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