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On Monday, March 23, 2015 01:22:25 PM Tim Harder wrote: |
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> Hey all, |
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> Having been around for a few years I've inherited or added quite a few |
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> pkgs to the tree that I wouldn't mind other people fixing/bumping/etc |
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> that don't fall into any current herds. |
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> With that in mind, I think it would be an interesting experiment if we |
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> had a collaborative herd (probably named "collab") that signals the |
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> status that anyone is generally free to fix, bump, or do sane things to |
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> the pkgs with the caveat that you fix what you break. |
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> Anyone else interested in such a setup? |
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> Tim |
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I could see this fitting in to the proxy-maintainer herd if they would consider |
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a change in their current purpose. Their current statement is [1]: |
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"Proxy maintainers is a group of developers maintaining abandoned packages on |
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behalf of Gentoo users." |
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Changing this to something like: |
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"Proxy maintainers are a group of developers maintaining packages on behalf of |
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Gentoo users and fellow developers." |
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This would of course require additional changes in protocol for the herd. As |
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it stands now they focus solely on user interaction with developers. Expanding |
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this to developer owned packages would meet your intent of allowing fellow |
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developers to assist with your packages. Metadata would also reflect your |
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ownership of the package and add proxy-maintainers to <herd>. |
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Thoughts? |
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[1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Proxy_Maintainers |
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Cheers, |
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Aaron Bauman (b-man) |
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Gentoo Linux Developer |
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