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From: Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@g.o>
To: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
Cc: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Herd likely up for grabs: kernel-misc
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 12:56:32
Message-Id: 20160121135621.02e92dfe@shanghai.paradoxon.rec
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Herd likely up for grabs: kernel-misc by Mike Frysinger
1 Hi guys,
2
3 On Wed, 20 Jan 2016 13:40:04 -0500 Mike Frysinger wrote:
4
5 >On 20 Jan 2016 12:39, Rich Freeman wrote:
6 >> On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 12:34 PM, Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
7 >> wrote:
8 >> > On 18 Jan 2016 00:57, Joshua Kinard wrote:
9 >> >> On 01/17/2016 14:57, Michał Górny wrote:
10 >> >> > sys-apps/kexec-tools :
11 >> >>
12 >> >> Better suited for base-system, maybe?
13 >> >>
14 >> >> > sys-fs/jfsutils :
15 >> >>
16 >> >> Definitely base-system, as xfsprogs is already maintained by
17 >> >> them.
18 >> >
19 >> > sounds fine for both. generally fs tools probably should live
20 >> > under base-system for consistency.
21 >>
22 >> Nothing wrong with consistency, but I'd prefer a package to be placed
23 >> under the base-system project because the base-system project members
24 >> intend to maintain it. I don't want to see packages placed into
25 >> projects simply because they're similar to other packages in those
26 >> projects if it means they'll just be neglected.
27 >>
28 >> I have no idea which is the case here. If the base-system
29 >> maintainers want to maintain these two packages, have at it! If
30 >> not, leave it as maintainer-needed.
31 >
32 >if base-system@ isn't going to maintain it, we'll punt it from the herd
33 >-mike
34
35 well, I already added myself as maintainer of sys-fs/jfsutils and I
36 happen to be a base-system maintainer. So goal already reached :)
37
38 Kind regards
39 Lars
40
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42 Lars Wendler
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