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From: Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: A heretical thought? Blessing project sunrise as an almost-fork.
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 21:38:01
Message-Id: 1150320302.16946.38.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: A heretical thought? Blessing project sunrise as an almost-fork. by Ned Ludd
1 On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 14:47 -0400, Ned Ludd wrote:
2 > On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 09:13 -0400, Chris Gianelloni wrote:
3 >
4 > > Just because the maintaining *project* doesn't
5 > > want it doesn't mean it doesn't belong to that herd.
6 >
7 > This is incorrect and you should not encourage people to add pkgs to
8 > a herd unless they get permission from that herd. If a herd does not
9 > want it you shall not shit in their home (it's rude).
10
11 A herd doesn't *want* anything. It is a group of packages. Perhaps you
12 mean a maintaining project?
13
14 > When a package lists a herd then the responsibility is shared
15 > among the maintainer and the herd.
16
17 Only if someone didn't list themselves as the maintainer, which would be
18 wrong. Just because the games team doesn't maintain something doesn't
19 mean it isn't a game anymore.
20
21 --
22 Chris Gianelloni
23 Release Engineering - Strategic Lead
24 x86 Architecture Team
25 Games - Developer
26 Gentoo Linux

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