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On 04/02/2014 02:22 PM, Mike Gilbert wrote: |
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> On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@g.o> wrote: |
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>> The "30 days maintainer time out" stabilization policy isn't working |
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>> when package has multiple SLOTs, because |
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>> the bugs are filed for only latest SLOT, where as some packages require |
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>> stabilization in sync at both SLOTs |
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>> |
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>> Option 1: |
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>> |
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>> Either revert the whole policy, and never CC arches on unanswered bugs |
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>> when the package has a maintainer, |
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>> and let him do it when he finds the time himself, and if that doesn't |
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>> happen, wait until it's dropped to maintainer-needed@ |
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>> |
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>> Option 2: |
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>> |
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>> Or, the person who is CCing the arches in 30 days timeout, needs to make |
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>> sure the bug covers all SLOT at the same time |
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>> |
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>> |
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>> The status quo no longer allows me to maintain stable version of |
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>> dev-libs/girara, app-text/zathura*, and the issue needs |
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>> to be addressed, see http://bugs.gentoo.org/502714 for what inspired |
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>> this mail |
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>> |
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>> - Samuli |
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> |
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> If you want to prevent packages from being "timed out", just leave a |
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> comment on the bug saying so. If you don't even have time to do that |
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> within a 30 day window, why are you the maintainer? |
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> Another option would be to add some kind of notation to metadata.xml. |
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> |
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I've long been a proponent of freeform notes in the metadata. I think |
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leaving a note in there is very helpful for developers, however, in this |
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case unless the note is standardized and the auto-stable script is |
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updated I fear this won't help anyone. |
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- -Zero |
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