[gentoo-dev] Documenting touching of arch profiles' files

[Michael Palimaka]

Hi all,

With regards to bug #304435[1], we would like to formalise the policy 
for touching arch profiles' files.

The key suggested points:

* Archs profiles should generally only be touched by members of that 
arch team, unless prior permission is given

* Exception: anyone may add a mask to an arch profile only if
	- it delays visibility of something new for that arch (eg. dependencies 
introduced in a version bump), and
	- it is not reasonable to follow the standard keyword dropping 
procedure (many other packages would be affected), and
	- the responsible arch team is not responsive

* The person touching arch profiles is responsible for the subsequent 
maintenance of said entries, and any subsequent breakage.

Thoughts?

Best regards,
Michael

[1]: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=304435